Intel Core i7-9750HF vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500H

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 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

3873 points
1% slightly better overall score
3827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4925 points
6332 points
28% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3532 points
14% slightly better multitasking score
3095 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3431 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score
2970 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

81.47 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
78.11 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4839 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4230 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1360 points
1535 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.59 GHz
3.30 GHz
27% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
Identical
45 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
2 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

445th of 1,089
450th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2023 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-9750HF vs Ryzen 5 5500H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500H performs better than the Core i7-9750HF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9750HF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-9750HF 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9750HF. Despite this, the Core i7-9750HF 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500H has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i7-9750HF. Despite this, the Core i7-9750HF has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 5500H.

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 i7-9750HF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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