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AMD Ryzen 5 5600H vs Intel Core i7-8650U

AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
43.6Inno Score
VS
Intel Core i7-8650U
—Inno Score
46.3Single-core—
36.7Multi-core24.3
47.1Efficiencyspec-based66.4
46.3iGPU25.8
49.9Platformspec-based37.2
11 spec wins — AMD Ryzen 5 5600H1 spec wins — Intel Core i7-8650U

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Intel Core i7-8650U lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

  • Stronger multi-core score: 37 vs 24
  • Stronger iGPU score: 46 vs 26
  • 165% higher PassMark: 16,345 vs 6,170
  • 152% higher 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU): 980 vs 389
  • 116% higher Max TDP: 54 W vs 25 W

Reasons to pick the Intel Core i7-8650U

  • 67% lower Base TDP: 15 W vs 45 W

General

General comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H versus Intel Core i7-8650U
SpecAMD Ryzen 5 5600HIntel Core i7-8650U
Announced20212017
Process7 nm+50%14 nm
Base TDP45 W15 W+67%
Max TDP54 W+116%25 W

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H versus Intel Core i7-8650U
SpecAMD Ryzen 5 5600HIntel Core i7-8650U
Cores6+50%4
Performance cores6+50%4
Efficiency cores—0
Threads12+50%8
Base clock3.3 GHz+74%1.9 GHz
Boost clock4.2 GHz4.2 GHz
L3 cache16 MB+100%8 MB

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H versus Intel Core i7-8650U
SpecAMD Ryzen 5 5600HIntel Core i7-8650U
iGPUAMD Radeon Vega 7Intel UHD Graphics 620
iGPU clock1,800 MHz1,150 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H versus Intel Core i7-8650U
SpecAMD Ryzen 5 5600HIntel Core i7-8650U
Memory supportDDR4-3200 / LPDDR4X-4266DDR4-2400 / LPDDR3-2133
Max memory64 GB+100%32 GB

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H versus Intel Core i7-8650U
SpecAMD Ryzen 5 5600HIntel Core i7-8650U
Geekbench 6 (single)1,860Bottom 16%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)7,400Bottom 21%—
Cinebench R23 (single)1,420Bottom 21%—
Cinebench R23 (multi)9,900Bottom 37%—
PassMark16,345+165%Bottom 35%6,170Bottom 10%
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)980+152%Bottom 34%389Bottom 8%

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