AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Celeron N4020

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Celeron N4020 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600X performs better than the Celeron N4020. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Celeron N4020 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5600X has significantly more cores than the Celeron N4020. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600X has 6 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Celeron N4020. It also has more threads than the Celeron N4020. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Celeron N4020. The Celeron N4020 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 5600X thanks to a 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 5600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.