AMD Ryzen 5 5600H vs Intel Core i5-8600

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
19% slightly better overall score
4056 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6603 points
0.82% slightly better gaming score
6549 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4311 points
31% slightly better multitasking score
3280 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4176 points
32% slightly better heavy workload score
3148 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

116.70 points
36% slightly higher Blender score
85.30 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5738 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4766 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1625 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1335 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5695 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5012 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1590 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1461 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
100% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed
3.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.3 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

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
431st 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

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Ryzen 5 5600H vs Core i5-8600 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600H is faster than the Core i5-8600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8600 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 5600H has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8600. Despite this, the Core i5-8600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-8600 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 i5-8600. 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.

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