AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Intel Core i5-10500H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4724 points
8% slightly better overall score
4357 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5587 points
6522 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4432 points
20% slightly better multitasking score
3693 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4341 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score
3555 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3899 points
6321 points
62% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.00 points
43% significantly higher Blender score
88.96 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5186 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5095 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1027 points
1447 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
4.5 GHz
21% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

372nd of 1,089
406th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
10th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2020 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 1700 vs Core i5-10500H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-10500H performs better than the Ryzen 7 1700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 1700 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 1700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-10500H has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10500H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10500H. Despite this, the Core i5-10500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-10500H outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 1700 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 7 1700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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