AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i7-1355U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i7 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

4361 points
22% slightly better overall score
3560 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points
5% slightly better gaming score
5633 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points
28% slightly better multitasking score
3003 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points
28% slightly better heavy workload score
2902 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
91.75 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

3.4 GHz
100% significantly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
5 GHz
28% 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
6.5 MiB
116% 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

404th of 1,089
479th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
13th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
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 2600 vs Core i7-1355U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2600 is faster than the Core i7-1355U. Despite this, the Core i7-1355U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-1355U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 2600 that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1355U. Despite this, the Core i7-1355U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-1355U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 2600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2600 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-1355U.

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 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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