AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i7-3610QM

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core i7-3610QM comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600X beats the Core i7-3610QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3610QM 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 i7-3610QM has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3610QM. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3610QM. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3610QM 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 more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.