AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs Intel Core i9-8950HK

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i9 6 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
69% significantly better overall score
2473 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5656 points
53% significantly better gaming score
3684 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3723 points
76% significantly better multitasking score
2115 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3608 points
76% significantly better heavy workload score
2044 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.46 points
17% slightly higher Blender score
85.61 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5751 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4580 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1605 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1270 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5709 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5219 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1617 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1422 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
2.9 GHz
26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.8 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
200% significantly lower TDP
45 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

422nd of 1,089
634th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
8th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 5600U vs Core i9-8950HK benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600U is faster than the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600U. Also, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-8950HK CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 5600U has more L2 cache than the Core i9-8950HK. The Ryzen 5 5600U also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 5600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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