Intel Core i7-5930K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500H

Compare Intel Core X-series 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3870 points

1% slightly better overall score

3827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5431 points

6332 points

16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3361 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

3095 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3246 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

2970 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

98.86 points

26% slightly higher Blender score

78.11 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5677 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4230 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1222 points

1535 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

4.2 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

45 W

211% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

448th of 1,089

450th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2023 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR4-3200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-5930K vs Ryzen 5 5500H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5930K is faster than the Ryzen 5 5500H. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-5930K has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5500H that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-5930K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 5500H. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500H outputs less heat than Core i7-5930K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-5930K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.