Intel Core i7-10510U vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U

Core i7-10510U vs Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U performs better than the Core i7-10510U. Despite this, the Core i7-10510U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-10510U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10510U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10510U. Despite this, the Core i7-10510U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-10510U. The Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-10510U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.