AMD Ryzen 5 5600H vs Intel Core i5-2300

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 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

4862 points
179% significantly better overall score
1738 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6603 points
105% significantly better gaming score
3210 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4311 points
224% significantly better multitasking score
1327 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4176 points
228% significantly better heavy workload score
1273 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

116.70 points
350% significantly higher Blender score
25.92 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5738 points
278% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1515 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1625 points
214% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
516 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5695 points
279% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1499 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1590 points
211% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
510 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
35% slightly higher turbo speed
3.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
111% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

358th of 1,089
769th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Ryzen 5 5600H vs Core i5-2300 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600H performs better than the Core i5-2300. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2300 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5600H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-2300. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600H has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-2300. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2300. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-2300. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2300 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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

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