Intel Core i5 1145G7 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.1-2.6 GHz Intel Core i5 1145G7 with 4-cores against the 2.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600U with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
NanoReview Final Score
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5600U and 1145G7
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1145G7
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 5 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 612.2 MB/sec 670.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 31.4 Klines/sec 45.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 132.1 pages/sec 123.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 170.7 Mpixels/sec 169.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 176.2 pages/sec 183.2 pages/sec
Background blur 29.7 images/sec 29.9 images/sec
Photo processing 64.5 images/sec 53.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.25 Mpixels/sec 10.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1157 & 870 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
14851
Integer math 31.3 GOps/sec 55 GOps/sec
Floating point math 18.8 GOps/sec 29.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 32M Primes/sec 46M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.4M Strings/sec 18.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.2 GBytes/sec 11.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 100.1 MBytes/sec 175.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 535 Frames/sec 687 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7B Matrices/sec 11.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6811 & 1176 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
104.05

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 25.9 PPW 19 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 215.2 PPW 254.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 326.8 PPW 594 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.17 PPW 4.16 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 1145G7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-15 (Bob Blob)GeekBench1915 / 6100
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-15 (Bob Blob)Cinebench 202477 / 226
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2024-08-23 (Muafa Rizal Rauf)Cinebench 202477 / 476

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 1145G7 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released September 1, 2020 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i5-1145G7 -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 5600U - Intel Core i5 1145G7
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 235U - AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#150th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.1-2.6 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 11-26x 23x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-28 W (configurable) 10-25 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1449 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 640 448
TMUs 40 28
ROPs 20 8
Execution Units 80 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.7 TFLOPS
1.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 1145G7 official page AMD Ryzen 5 5600U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 12

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 5600U or Intel Core i5 1145G7?
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Neil July 4, 2022 at 06:36 PM
AMD mostly wins here for multi-core performance and better power efficiency. Consider the intel though for: 1. Better igpu, in particular av1 hardware decoding for movie playback on youtube/etc. 2. thunderbolt support 3. maybe better stability
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