Ryzen 5 5500 vs Core 7 240H benchmarks
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 7 240H performs better than the Ryzen 5 5500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 7 240H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5500. Indeed, the Core 7 240H has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 240H. Despite this, the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 7 240H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500. The Core 7 240H also has significantly more L3 cache.
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 5500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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