Intel Core i7-10850H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500H

Core i7-10850H vs Ryzen 5 5500H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10850H beats the Ryzen 5 5500H in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-10850H has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5500H has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10850H. Despite this, the Core i7-10850H 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 5500H has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10850H. Despite this, the Core i7-10850H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 5500H.

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 i7-10850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.