AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Core 7 240H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 2) 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

6140 points
8164 points
32% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8293 points
10592 points
27% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5448 points
7427 points
36% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5276 points
7270 points
37% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

146.73 points
188.37 points
28% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
10
66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
56% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.2 GHz
18% 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
9.5 MiB
216% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

243rd of 1,089
141st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop
Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 5600G vs Core 7 240H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 7 240H performs better than the Ryzen 5 5600G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 7 240H has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5600G that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600G 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 5600G. The Core 7 240H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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

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