AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i7-5700HQ

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core i7-5700HQ specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600X beats the Core i7-5700HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5700HQ 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 i7-5700HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5700HQ. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5700HQ. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-5700HQ outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 5600X thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 5600X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-5700HQ. 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.