Intel Core i7-9850H 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

4014 points

4% slightly better overall score

3827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5637 points

6332 points

12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3514 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

3095 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3402 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

2970 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

87.11 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

78.11 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5044 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4230 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1387 points

1535 points

10% 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

2.6 GHz

3.30 GHz

26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

9% 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

434th 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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-9850H vs Ryzen 5 5500H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-9850H 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 i7-9850H 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. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5500H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9850H. Despite this, the Core i7-9850H 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 i7-9850H. Despite this, the Core i7-9850H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 5500H.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-9850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.