AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i5-6200U

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core i5-6200U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600X performs better than the Core i5-6200U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6200U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600X has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-6200U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6200U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6200U. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-6200U 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.

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