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

Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Core i5-11260H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 5900HX beats the Core i5-11260H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11260H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 5900HX has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-11260H that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11260H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-11260H. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher 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.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.