AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Core i7-2600

Ryzen 5 5500U vs Core i7-2600 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500U performs better than the Core i7-2600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2600 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 5500U has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-2600 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-2600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-2600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2600 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.