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Intel Core i5 11500H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

43 out of 100
Intel Core i5 11500H
VS
42 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
Intel Core i5 11500H
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

We compared two 6-core laptop CPUs: the 2.4-2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 11500H against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600H. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5600H and 11500H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 11500H
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
  • 9% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2009 vs 1850 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 7 integrated graphics: 1.6 vs 0.7 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 11500H
vs
Ryzen 5 5600H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 465.8 MB/sec 604.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 62.4 Klines/sec 53.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 121.8 pages/sec 109.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 211.4 Mpixels/sec 175.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 207.4 pages/sec 194.4 pages/sec
Background blur 39.1 images/sec 32.8 images/sec
Photo processing 49.2 images/sec 47.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.5 Mpixels/sec 13.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 72 & 459 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 11500H
15341
Ryzen 5 5600H +7%
16362
Integer math 54.8 GOps/sec 58.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 32.9 GOps/sec 32.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 46M Primes/sec 46M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.4M Strings/sec 21M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9.3 GBytes/sec 12.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 189.7 MBytes/sec 204.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 641 Frames/sec 712 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.8B Matrices/sec 14.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 223 & 6703 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 11500H +7%
125.39
Ryzen 5 5600H
117.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.6 PPW 8.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 156.7 PPW 125.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 340.9 PPW 303 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.79 PPW 2.17 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 11500H
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-21 -> mayankdhamiCinebench 202477 / 451
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-14 (Juuhana)Geekbench 6 CPU1851 / 7626
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-14 (Juuhachi)Geekbench 6 CPU1851 / 7436
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-12 (Juu)Geekbench 6 CPU1888 / 7373
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-03 (bluntking)Cinebench 202479 / 451
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 11500H and AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released May 11, 2021 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i5-11500H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 5600H - Intel Core i5 11500H
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H - AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#151st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.4-2.9 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24-29x 33x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1787 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 256 448
TMUs 16 28
ROPs 8 8
Execution Units 32 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 11500H
0.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 5600H +129%
1.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 11500H official page AMD Ryzen 5 5600H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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