Ryzen 5 5600H vs Core i7-6600U comparison
In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600H beats the Core i7-6600U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6600U 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 i7-6600U. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600H has 6 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-6600U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6600U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6600U. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6600U 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.
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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