AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i5-10500H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 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

4980 points

14% slightly better overall score

4357 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6742 points

3% slightly better gaming score

6522 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4418 points

19% slightly better multitasking score

3693 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4279 points

20% slightly better heavy workload score

3555 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4635 points

6321 points

36% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.67 points

50% significantly higher Blender score

88.96 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6899 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

5095 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1613 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1447 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

44% significantly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

4.5 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

352nd of 1,089

406th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

10th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2020 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Core i5-10500H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3600 performs better than the Core i5-10500H. Despite this, the Core i5-10500H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10500H. Despite this, the Core i5-10500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-10500H outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3600 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.