AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs Intel Core i5-4200H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 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

4180 points
243% significantly better overall score
1218 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5656 points
145% significantly better gaming score
2305 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3723 points
300% significantly better multitasking score
929 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3608 points
304% significantly better heavy workload score
892 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.46 points
329% significantly higher Blender score
23.37 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5751 points
271% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1550 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1605 points
124% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
715 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5709 points
196% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1927 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1617 points
61% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1002 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

2.3 GHz
2.8 GHz
21% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
23% slightly higher turbo speed
3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
213% significantly lower TDP
47 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

422nd of 1,089
896th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2013 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 5600U vs Core i5-4200H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600U beats the Core i5-4200H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4200H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5600U has significantly more cores than the Core i5-4200H. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600U has 6 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-4200H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4200H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4200H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 5600U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4200H 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 5600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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