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Intel Celeron G5900E vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600H. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2020
Intel Celeron G5900E
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2021-01-12
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

What's the best choice Intel Celeron G5900E or AMD Ryzen 5 5600H? Which processor is faster?

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

Intel Celeron G5900E has a base frequency of 3.20 GHz. 2 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 58 W. Released in Q2/2020.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600H has a base frequency of 3.3 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 45 W. Released in 2021-01-12.

Differences


Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Celeron G5900E CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    387 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    533 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    813 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1297 place
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    150 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 3% better clock speed

    3.3 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz
  • More number of cores

    4 more cores

    6 left arrow 2
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    45 W left arrow 58 W

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    119 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    148 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    85 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    156 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    182 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    291 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    227 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    179 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Celeron G5900E Intel Celeron G5900E
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Celeron G5000 left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000H
  • Family
    Intel Celeron left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    9 left arrow 4
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Mobile
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Laptops / Desktops
  • Series
    - left arrow Ryzen 5000 Series
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
    3.2 GHz left arrow 3.3 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    2 left arrow 6
  • CPU Threads
    2 left arrow 12
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    No turbo left arrow 4.2 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
    No turbo left arrow -
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 4.2 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    - left arrow 3.8 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.

  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    12 left arrow 6
  • Generation
    9.5 left arrow 9
  • GPU Frequency
    350 MHz left arrow 1800 MHz
  • GPU name
    Intel HD Graphics 610 left arrow AMD Radeon Graphics
  • GPU Turbo
    1000 MHz left arrow No turbo
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    32 GB left arrow 2 GB
  • Release date
    Q3/2016 left arrow Q1/2020
  • Shader
    96 left arrow 384
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Graphics Cores
    - left arrow 7
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
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600H and Intel Celeron G5900E. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 64 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR4 - Up to 3200 / LPDDR4 - Up to 4266
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow 12
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe
    - left arrow PCIe 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Celeron G5900E and AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    100 °C left arrow 105 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    58 W left arrow 45 W
  • TDP down
    - left arrow 35 W
  • TDP up
    - left arrow 54 W
  • Configurable TDP
    - left arrow 35-54 W
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 45 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Celeron G5900E and AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Comet Lake S left arrow Cezanne (Zen 3)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 3 MB
  • L3-Cache
    2 MB left arrow 16 MB
  • Release date
    Q2/2020 left arrow 2021-01-12
  • Socket
    LGA 1200 left arrow FP6
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Codename
    - left arrow Cezanne
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    - left arrow 100-000000296
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

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.

Intel Celeron G5900E

AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

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 6.24.0 / 1M / 8 threads / linux

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H 4435.317547 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.24.0 / 1M / 8 threads / linux
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Linux x86_64
Duration: 225.463 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 Intel Celeron G5900E and AMD Ryzen 5 5600H.

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.

338.000000
Intel Celeron G5900E
530.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

192.000000
Intel Celeron G5900E
1229.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

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