AMD Ryzen 7 2700 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

5158 points
18% slightly better overall score
4357 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6248 points
6522 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4785 points
29% slightly better multitasking score
3693 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4674 points
31% slightly better heavy workload score
3555 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4136 points
6321 points
52% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

129.70 points
45% significantly higher Blender score
88.96 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5518 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5095 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1116 points
1447 points
29% 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

3.2 GHz
28% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
4.5 GHz
9% 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

332nd 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

2018 April
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 2700 vs Core i5-10500H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 2700 is faster than the Core i5-10500H. Despite this, the Core i5-10500H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 2700 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. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 2700 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 2700 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 7 2700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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