AMD Ryzen 5 5600H vs Intel Core i5-8500

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i5 6 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

30% slightly better overall score

3718 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6603 points

9% slightly better gaming score

6040 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4311 points

43% significantly better multitasking score

3002 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4176 points

44% significantly better heavy workload score

2880 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4965 points

32% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

3756 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

116.70 points

40% slightly higher Blender score

83.18 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5738 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4908 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1625 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1369 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5695 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4868 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1590 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1396 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

10% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

65 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

Identical

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

77% significantly more L3 cache

9 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

358th of 1,089

460th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile

8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December

2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 5600H vs Core i5-8500 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600H performs better than the Core i5-8500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8500 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 5 5600H has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8500. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-8500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 5600H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8500. The Ryzen 5 5600H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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