AMD Ryzen 5 5600H vs Intel Core i7-7820HQ

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

119% significantly better overall score

2218 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6603 points

85% significantly better gaming score

3567 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4311 points

136% significantly better multitasking score

1819 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4176 points

138% significantly better heavy workload score

1749 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

116.70 points

84% significantly higher Blender score

63.31 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5738 points

66% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3447 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1625 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1174 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5695 points

59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3581 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1590 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1188 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

13% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

3.9 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

678th 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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 5600H vs Core i7-7820HQ specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600H is faster than the Core i7-7820HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7820HQ in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600H has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-7820HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7820HQ. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-7820HQ. 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.

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.