AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core 7 150U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 1) 10 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

6267 points
116% significantly better overall score
2898 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8333 points
98% significantly better gaming score
4205 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5604 points
121% significantly better multitasking score
2534 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5431 points
121% significantly better heavy workload score
2452 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

150.92 points
78% significantly higher Blender score
84.75 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8600 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7276 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2052 points
2112 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
10
66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.50 GHz
94% significantly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.4 GHz
22% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
6.5 MiB
116% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

237th of 1,089
554th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Core (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 5600 vs Core 7 150U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600 performs better than the Core 7 150U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 7 150U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 7 150U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600 has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core 7 150U. Despite this, the Core 7 150U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 7 150U has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core 7 150U.

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 5600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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