AMD Ryzen 5 5600H vs Intel Core i7-4790

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 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
69% significantly better overall score
2865 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6603 points
47% significantly better gaming score
4473 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4311 points
80% significantly better multitasking score
2388 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4176 points
81% significantly better heavy workload score
2298 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4965 points
103% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2441 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

116.70 points
82% significantly higher Blender score
63.87 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5738 points
52% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3751 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1625 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1174 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5695 points
46% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3891 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1590 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1241 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
3.60 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
86% significantly lower TDP
84 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

358th of 1,089
558th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR3-1333

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 i7-4790 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600H is faster than the Core i7-4790. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 5600H has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-4790 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4790. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600H. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 5600H has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4790. 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.

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