Intel Core i7 9850H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600
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We compared two 6-core CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 9850H (laptop) against the 3.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600 (desktop). On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop CPU.
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i7 9850H
- Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
- More than 10° C higher critical temperature
- 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600
- Has 20 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14 nanometers
- Unlocked multiplier
- Newer - released 2 years and 11 months later
- 37% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2091 vs 1526 points
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
- Around 5.88 GB/s (14%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 443 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 2376 |
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 450.6 MB/sec | 1000 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 41.3 Klines/sec | 64.3 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 138.7 pages/sec | 191.6 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 178.4 Mpixels/sec | 269.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 137.3 pages/sec | 217.4 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 29.4 images/sec | 29.5 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 53 images/sec | 70.7 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 8.36 Mpixels/sec | 16.1 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 39 GOps/sec | 67.9 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 24.1 GOps/sec | 38.7 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 33M Primes/sec | 137M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 20.1M Strings/sec | 26M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 3.7 GBytes/sec | 15.5 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 149.4 MBytes/sec | 251.6 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 686 Frames/sec | 1276 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 9.7B Matrices/sec | 17B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 8.5 PPW | 9.5 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 126.8 PPW | 139.7 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 240.7 PPW | 330.7 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 1.94 PPW | 2.36 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core i7 9850H
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-19 (BerttheNonsolid) | Cinebench 2026 | 443 / 2376 |
| 📘 2026-04-26 -> zhyn0989 | Cinebench 2026 | 335 / 1764 |
| 📘 2026-04-07 (Leo) | Cinebench 2024 | 86 / 601 |
| 📘 2025-11-03 (Queef Supreme) | Cinebench 2024 | 89 / 618 |
| 📘 2025-10-28 (Blonde_Blaze) | Cinebench 2024 | 90 / 625 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 9850H and AMD Ryzen 5 5600General
| Vendor | Intel | Amd |
| Released | April 23, 2019 | March 15, 2022 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Coffee Lake | Zen 3 (Vermeer) |
| Model number | i7-9850H | - |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 630 | No |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i5 12600 |
| Successor | - Intel Core i7 11850H | - AMD Ryzen 5 7600 |
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#127th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.6 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.6 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Total Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | - | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | - | 35x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s | - |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 12MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 45 W | 65 W |
| Socket | BGA-1440 | AM4 |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 90°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (#123rd place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | - |
| GPU Base Clock | 350 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1150 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 192 | - |
| TMUs | 24 | - |
| ROPs | 3 | - |
| Execution Units | 24 | - |
| TGP | 15 W | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR4-2666 - LPDDR3-2133 |
- DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 41.8 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core i7 9850H official page | AMD Ryzen 5 5600 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 24 |
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