AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs Intel Core i5-11500

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 184.99
$ 14.01 slightly less expensive
$ 199.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7430 points
41% slightly better overall score
5262 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8722 points
10% slightly better gaming score
7888 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7004 points
56% significantly better multitasking score
4465 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6877 points
59% significantly better heavy workload score
4309 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6694 points
8307 points
24% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

196.94 points
39% slightly higher Blender score
141.62 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8659 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
7631 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1948 points
1954 points
0.31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8946 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7239 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2013 points
0.50% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2003 points

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

3.8 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed
2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
Identical
4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

168th of 1,089
314th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop
11th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April
2021 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 5700G vs Core i5-11500 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5700G performs better than the Core i5-11500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 5700G has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-11500 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11500. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 5700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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