Intel Core i5-8250U vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

Core i5-8250U vs Ryzen 5 6600H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 6600H beats the Core i5-8250U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8250U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 6600H has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-8250U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8250U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 6600H has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8250U. Also, the Ryzen 5 6600H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8250U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 6600H CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 6600H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8250U. The Ryzen 5 6600H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. Indeed, the Core i5-8250U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.