Intel Core i9-11900H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5560U

Core i9-11900H vs Ryzen 5 5560U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-11900H performs better than the Ryzen 5 5560U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5560U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-11900H has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5560U. Indeed, the Core i9-11900H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5560U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5560U. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-11900H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5560U.

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 i9-11900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.