Intel Core i5-10300H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-10300H CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
Intel Core i5-10300H AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Core i5-10300H and the AMD Ryzen 5 5600U and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Core i5-10300H 4 core processor released in Q2/2020 with the AMD Ryzen 5 5600U which has 6 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2021.
Intel Core i5 (328) Family AMD Ryzen 5 (78)
Intel Core i 10000H (11) CPU group AMD Ryzen 5000U (13)
10 Generation 4
Comet Lake H Architecture Cezanne (Zen 3)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
-- Successor AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-10300H is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz (4.50 GHz). The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600U clocks with 2.30 GHz (4.20 GHz), has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel.

Intel Core i5-10300H Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
4 Cores 6
8 Threads 12
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.50 GHz Frequency 2.30 GHz
4.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.20 GHz
4.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.60 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 Core i5-10300H Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir)
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.80 GHz
9.5 GPU Generation 9
14 nm Technology 7 nm
3 Max. displays 3
24 Compute units 7
192 Shader 448
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 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.

Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 128 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Core i5-10300H, while the AMD Ryzen 5 5600U supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 51.2 GB/s enabled.

Intel Core i5-10300H Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
DDR4-2933 Memory LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200
128 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
45.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 3.00 MB
8.00 MB L3 Cache 16.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 12
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Core i5-10300H has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600U is 15 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Core i5-10300H Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 25 W
35 W TDP down 10 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-10300H has 8.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 14 nm. The cache of AMD Ryzen 5 5600U is at 19.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 7 nm.

Intel Core i5-10300H Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
14 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 1440 Socket FP6
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2020 Release date Q1/2021
250 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 6 CPU benchmarks

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 Core i5-10300H Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
1147 (86%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
1332 (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 Core i5-10300H Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
5073 (82%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
6166 (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 Core i5-10300H Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
1201 (91%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
1317 (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 Core i5-10300H Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
4510 (83%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
5437 (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 Core i5-10300H Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
1467 (83%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
1776 (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 Core i5-10300H Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
4637 (70%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
6637 (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 Core i5-10300H Intel Core i5-10300H
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422 (26%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir) @ 1.80 GHz
1612 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Core i5-10300H Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
67 (53%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
127 (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 Core i5-10300H Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
8580 (56%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
15456 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i5-10300H Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
2130 (68%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 2.30 GHz
3142 (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 Core i5-10300H Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
456 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Core i5-10300H Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
2125 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i5-10300H Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
502 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i5-10300H Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
456 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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 Core i5-10300H Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
189 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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 Core i5-10300H Intel Core i5-10300H
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
841 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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