AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Core 5 210H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 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

4357 points
2% slightly better overall score
4256 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6337 points
7379 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3730 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
3411 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3577 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
3290 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

90.31 points
130.38 points
44% significantly 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

2.1 GHz
2.2 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.8 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed

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

8 MiB
12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

405th of 1,089
415th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 5500U vs Core 5 210H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5500U 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 5500U. Indeed, the Core 5 210H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500U. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 5 210H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500U. Also, 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 5500U. The Core 5 210H 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 5500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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