AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Intel Core i5-11260H

Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Core i5-11260H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900HS performs better than the Core i5-11260H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11260H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5900HS has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11260H. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HS has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11260H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11260H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900HS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-11260H. A Ryzen 9 5900HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-11260H CPU because of its slightly 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 9 5900HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.