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AMD Ryzen 5 5600H vs Intel Pentium Silver N6000

WINNER
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
43.6Inno Score
VS
Intel Pentium Silver N6000
31.2Inno Score
46.3Single-core22.9
36.7Multi-core20.9
47.1Efficiencyspec-based82.2
46.3iGPU22
49.9Platformspec-based24.4
12 spec wins — AMD Ryzen 5 5600H1 spec wins — Intel Pentium Silver N6000

InnoReviews verdict

AMD Ryzen 5 5600H wins this laptop processor face-off, 43.6 to 31.2, pulling ahead mainly in iGPU (+24) and single-core (+23). Intel Pentium Silver N6000 still makes sense if its price or standout specs fit your needs better.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

  • Stronger single-core score: 46 vs 23
  • Stronger multi-core score: 37 vs 21
  • Stronger iGPU score: 46 vs 22
  • 472% higher Cinebench R23 (multi): 9,900 vs 1,730
  • 462% higher PassMark: 16,345 vs 2,908

Reasons to pick the Intel Pentium Silver N6000

  • 87% lower Base TDP: 6 W vs 45 W

General

General comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H versus Intel Pentium Silver N6000
SpecAMD Ryzen 5 5600HIntel Pentium Silver N6000
Announced20212021
Process7 nm+30%10 nm
Base TDP45 W6 W+87%
Max TDP54 W—

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H versus Intel Pentium Silver N6000
SpecAMD Ryzen 5 5600HIntel Pentium Silver N6000
Cores6+50%4
Performance cores60
Efficiency cores—4
Threads12+200%4
Base clock3.3 GHz+200%1.1 GHz
Boost clock4.2 GHz+27%3.3 GHz
L3 cache16 MB+300%4 MB

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H versus Intel Pentium Silver N6000
SpecAMD Ryzen 5 5600HIntel Pentium Silver N6000
iGPUAMD Radeon Vega 7Intel UHD Graphics (32 EU)
iGPU clock1,800 MHz850 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H versus Intel Pentium Silver N6000
SpecAMD Ryzen 5 5600HIntel Pentium Silver N6000
Memory supportDDR4-3200 / LPDDR4X-4266DDR4-2933, LPDDR4x-2933
Max memory64 GB+300%16 GB

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H versus Intel Pentium Silver N6000
SpecAMD Ryzen 5 5600HIntel Pentium Silver N6000
Geekbench 6 (single)1,860Bottom 16%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)7,400Bottom 21%—
Cinebench R23 (single)1,420+112%Bottom 22%669Bottom 4%
Cinebench R23 (multi)9,900+472%Bottom 38%1,730Bottom 4%
PassMark16,345+462%Bottom 35%2,908Bottom 3%
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)980+198%Bottom 35%329Bottom 6%

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