AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Intel Core i5-10500

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 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

6179 points
36% slightly better overall score
4526 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7639 points
18% slightly better gaming score
6446 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5707 points
45% significantly better multitasking score
3934 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5585 points
46% significantly better heavy workload score
3805 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6228 points
7252 points
16% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

160.71 points
28% slightly higher Blender score
124.71 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 GHz
3.1 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
85% significantly lower TDP
65 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

8 KiB
384 KiB
4700% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache
1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

240th of 1,089
387th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
10th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Core i5-10500 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900HS is faster than the Core i5-10500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 5900HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-10500 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-10500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5900HS. A Ryzen 9 5900HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-10500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HS has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-10500. The Ryzen 9 5900HS also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 9 5900HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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