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AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core i7-7500U. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
2022-04-04
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
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Q4/2016
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Intel Core i7-7500U
Intel Core i7-7500U

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 5600 or Intel Core i7-7500U? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 has a base frequency of 3.5 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2022-04-04.

Intel Core i7-7500U has a base frequency of 2.70 GHz. 2 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 15 W. Released in Q4/2016.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    115 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 30% better clock speed

    3.5 GHz left arrow 2.70 GHz
  • More number of cores

    4 more cores

    6 left arrow 2
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 26% higher specified turbo frequency

    4.4 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 5600 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    91 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    132 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    70 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    123 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    135 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    197 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    123 place
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    15 W left arrow 65 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i7-7500U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    368 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    406 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    417 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    626 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    632 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    829 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    831 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    174 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    255 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    433 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    264 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    426 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    55 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    658 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 AMD Ryzen 5 5600
Intel Core i7-7500U Intel Core i7-7500U
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000 left arrow Intel Core i 7000U
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i7
  • Form Factor
    Desktops / Boxed Processor left arrow -
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 7
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 5 4600H left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Mobile
  • Series
    Ryzen 5000 Series left arrow -
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3.5 GHz left arrow 2.7 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Core Configuration
    6x left arrow -
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 2
  • CPU Threads
    12 left arrow 4
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4.4 GHz left arrow -
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.4 GHz left arrow 3.5 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    4.2 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
    - left arrow 3.5 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    None left arrow Intel HD Graphics 620
  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 24
  • Generation
    - left arrow 9.5
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 300 MHz
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow 1050 MHz
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 32 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q2/2016
  • Shader
    - left arrow 192
  • Technology
    - left arrow 14 nm
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-7500U and AMD Ryzen 5 5600. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    64 GB left arrow -
  • Memory Bandwidth
    51.2 GB/s left arrow -
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4 left arrow DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM
  • PCIe
    PCIe 4.0 left arrow -
  • System Memory Specification
    3200 left arrow -
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 12
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and Intel Core i7-7500U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Default TDP
    65 W left arrow -
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    90 °C left arrow -
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    65 W left arrow 15 W
  • TDP down
    45 W left arrow -
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and Intel Core i7-7500U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Vermeer (Zen 3) left arrow Kaby Lake U
  • Codename
    Vermeer left arrow -
  • Documents
    Technical data sheet left arrow -
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L1-Cache
    0.375 MB left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    3 MB left arrow -
  • L3-Cache
    32 MB left arrow 4 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    100-100000927BOX left arrow -
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    100-000000927 left arrow -
  • Operating systems
    Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit left arrow -
  • Release date
    2022-04-04 left arrow Q4/2016
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow BGA 1356
  • Technology
    TSMC 7nm FinFET left arrow 14 nm
  • Thermal Solution (PIB)
    AMD Wraith Stealth left arrow -
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

More results: 8

Intel Core i7-7500U

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 12 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6640.855874 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 12 threads / windows
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Duration: 150.583 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and Intel Core i7-7500U.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

574.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
354.000000
Intel Core i7-7500U
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

4479.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
739.000000
Intel Core i7-7500U
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1538.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
799.000000
Intel Core i7-7500U
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

8009.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
1643.000000
Intel Core i7-7500U
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

21732.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
5215.000000
Intel Core i7-7500U

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