AMD Ryzen 5 5600H vs Intel Core i7-6500U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i7 2 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
272% significantly better overall score
1306 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6603 points
157% significantly better gaming score
2566 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4311 points
342% significantly better multitasking score
974 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4176 points
347% significantly better heavy workload score
934 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

116.70 points
383% significantly higher Blender score
24.12 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5738 points
249% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1641 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1625 points
126% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
719 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
200% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
32% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 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
15 W
200% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

358th of 1,089
870th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2133

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 i7-6500U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600H performs better than the Core i7-6500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6500U 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 i7-6500U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6500U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6500U. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6500U outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 5600H thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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