AMD Ryzen 5 5600H vs Intel Core i9-7980XE

Ryzen 5 5600H vs Core i9-7980XE benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600H performs better than the Core i9-7980XE. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7980XE in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-7980XE has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600H. Indeed, the Core i9-7980XE has 18 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7980XE. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Ryzen 5 5600H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-7980XE CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.