AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 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

4431 points
4% slightly better overall score
4256 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points
7379 points
22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points
15% slightly better multitasking score
3411 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score
3290 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points
130.38 points
14% 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

4.25 GHz
4.8 GHz
12% 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

397th 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

2018 April
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 2600X vs Core 5 210H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2600X is faster than the Core 5 210H. Despite this, the Core 5 210H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 5 210H has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Indeed, the Core 5 210H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 2600X. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 210H. Despite this, the Core 5 210H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core 5 210H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2600X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core 5 210H.

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 Ryzen 5 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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