AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel 12 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
4819 points
15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5656 points
7087 points
25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3723 points
4161 points
11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3608 points
4014 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.46 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
94.95 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.8 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
10 MiB
233% significantly more L2 cache

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
364th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-7467

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 Ultra 7 155U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600U beats the Core Ultra 7 155U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 155U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 155U has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600U has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 155U. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 155U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600U has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 155U.

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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