amd ryzen 5 5600x vs intel core i7 1255u

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (Desktop) 6-cores against Intel Core i7 1255U (Laptop) 10-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and Intel Core i7 1255U
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
  • Has 20 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1255U
  • Newer released 2 years later
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Consumes up to 77% less energy than the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X – 15 vs 65 Watt
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1769
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
11849
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
22257
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
8925

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 5 5600x and core i7 1255u

General

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i7 1255U
Vendor AMD Intel
Released October 8 2020 January 4 2022
Type Desktop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Vermeer Alder Lake-U
Socket AM4 FCBGA1744
Integrated GPU - Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i7 1255U
Cores 6 10
Threads 12 12
Base Frequency 3.7 GHz 1.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.6 GHz 4.7 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1.25 MB (per core)
L3 Cache 32 MB 12 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Power

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i7 1255U
Fabrication process 7 nm Intel 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 W 15 W
Max. temperature °C 100°C

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i7 1255U
Memory types DDR4-3200 DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.196 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i7 1255U
Integrated Graphics - Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible
GPU Base Clock MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock MHz 1.25 MHz
Shading Units 768
TMUs 48
ROPs 24
Execution Units 96
TGP W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
TFLOPS
1.69 TFLOPS

Misc

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i7 1255U
Official site AMD Ryzen 5 5600X official page Intel Core i7 1255U official page
PCI Express Version 4 4
PCI Express Lanes 20

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i7 1255U or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X?