Intel Core i5-6300HQ vs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

Core i5-6300HQ vs Ryzen 5 7430U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7430U beats the Core i5-6300HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6300HQ in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 7430U has significantly more cores than the Core i5-6300HQ. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7430U has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-6300HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6300HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7430U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6300HQ. Also, the Ryzen 5 7430U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7430U outputs less heat than Core i5-6300HQ thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-6300HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.