Intel Celeron 420 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS

Last updated: 2024-04-15

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Celeron 420		AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS
CPU comparison Intel Celeron 420 or AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Intel Celeron 420 has 1 cores with 1 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 420 was released in Q2/2007. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS was released in Q2/2021.

Intel Celeron (165)	Family	AMD Ryzen 5 (85)
Intel Celeron 400 (4)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 5000H (11)
1	Generation	4
Conroe (Core)	Architecture	Cezanne (Zen 3)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	AMD Ryzen 5 4600HS
--	Successor	AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Celeron 420 is a 1 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.60 GHz. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS has 6 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (4.20 GHz).
Intel Celeron 420	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS
1	Cores	6
1	Threads	12
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
1.60 GHz	Frequency	3.00 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.20 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.50 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Celeron 420	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
no iGPU	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir)
	GPU frequency	0.40 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.80 GHz
--	GPU Generation	9
	Technology	7 nm
	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	7
--	Shader	448
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
--	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir)
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Celeron 420 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Celeron 420	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS
DDR3-1066, DDR2-800	Memory	LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200
16 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
17.1 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
No	ECC	No
0.50 MB	L2 Cache	4.00 MB
--	L3 Cache	16.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	12
--	PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Celeron 420 has a TDP of 35 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS is 35 W.
Intel Celeron 420	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS
35 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	35 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	54 W
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	105 °C
Technical details The Intel Celeron 420 has a 0.50 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS cache has a total of 20.00 MB.
Intel Celeron 420	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS
65 nm	Technology	7 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 775	Socket	FP6
None	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
No	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2007	Release date	Q2/2021
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Intel Celeron 420 (12%)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Celeron 420 (2%)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Celeron 420 1C 1T @ 1.60 GHz	160 (12%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	1370 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Celeron 420 1C 1T @ 1.60 GHz	160 (3%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	5855 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Celeron 420 1C 1T @ 1.60 GHz	235 (1%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	16964 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Celeron 420 1C 1T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	78 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Celeron 420 1C 1T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	559 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Celeron 420 1C 1T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	1342 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Celeron 420 1C 1T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	9439 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Celeron 420 1C 1T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	1762 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Celeron 420 1C 1T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	6210 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Celeron 420 1C 1T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	517 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Celeron 420 1C 1T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	3544 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Celeron 420 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600HS AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir) @ 1.80 GHz	1612 (100%)

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