AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i5-1345U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i5 10 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
11% slightly better overall score
3872 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5864 points
5947 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3810 points
14% slightly better multitasking score
3314 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score
3202 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

104.40 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
96.06 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
10
66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
125% significantly higher clock speed
1.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.7 GHz
17% 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
4 MiB
33% slightly 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
446th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2023 February

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 i5-1345U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 1600X is faster than the Core i5-1345U. Despite this, the Core i5-1345U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-1345U has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 1600X. Indeed, the Core i5-1345U has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 1600X. 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 i5-1345U. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-1345U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 1600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1600X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-1345U.

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

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