AMD Ryzen 5 5600H vs Intel Core i7-7700HQ

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel 7th 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
86% significantly better overall score
2610 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6603 points
59% significantly better gaming score
4142 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4311 points
100% significantly better multitasking score
2155 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4176 points
101% significantly better heavy workload score
2070 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4965 points
98% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2507 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

116.70 points
94% significantly higher Blender score
60.03 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5738 points
61% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3551 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1625 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1125 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5695 points
56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3629 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1590 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1171 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
17% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
Identical
45 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

358th of 1,089
607th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
7th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2400

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 i7-7700HQ specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600H is faster than the Core i7-7700HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700HQ 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 i7-7700HQ. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600H has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7700HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700HQ. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-7700HQ. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600H has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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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