AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i7-1355U

Ryzen 5 2600X vs Core i7-1355U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 2600X performs better than the Core i7-1355U. Despite this, the Core i7-1355U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-1355U has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Indeed, the Core i7-1355U has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 2600X. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 2600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1355U. Despite this, the Core i7-1355U has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-1355U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 2600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2600X 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 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.