AMD Ryzen 5 5600H vs Intel Core i5-7600K

Ryzen 5 5600H vs Core i5-7600K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600H performs better than the Core i5-7600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7600K 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 i5-7600K. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600H has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-7600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7600K. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-7600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600H. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-7600K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-7600K. The Ryzen 5 5600H 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 5600H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.