AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i5-8250U

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core i5-8250U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600X is faster than the Core i5-8250U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8250U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 5600X has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-8250U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8250U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8250U. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8250U 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 5600X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8250U. The Ryzen 5 5600X also has significantly 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 5600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.