AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Intel Core i5-11500H

Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Core i5-11500H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900HS performs better than the Core i5-11500H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11500H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-11500H has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11500H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11500H. A Ryzen 9 5900HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-11500H CPU because of its slightly 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 9 5900HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.