AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core 5 210H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 2) 8 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

4307 points
1% slightly better overall score
4256 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5864 points
7379 points
25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3810 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
3411 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
3290 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

104.40 points
130.38 points
24% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
63% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.8 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
7 MiB
133% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

409th of 1,089
415th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 1600X vs Core 5 210H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 1600X is faster than the Core 5 210H. Despite this, the Core 5 210H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 5 210H has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 1600X has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 1600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 210H. Despite this, the Core 5 210H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core 5 210H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 1600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1600X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core 5 210H.

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 Ryzen 5 1600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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