AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i7 10700K

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5500, vs Intel Core i7 10700K. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and Intel Core i7 10700K
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
1358
Intel Core i7 10700K
1309
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
10412
Intel Core i7 10700K
12678
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
78
Intel Core i7 10700K
62
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
549
Intel Core i7 10700K
415
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
3057
Intel Core i7 10700K
3044
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
19342
Intel Core i7 10700K
18661
Integer Math65.2 GOps/s66.7 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math36.8 GOps/s41.3 GOps/s
Prime Number Search57 M primes/s55 M primes/s
Random String Sort24.7 M strings/s36.7 M strings/s
Data Encryption14.9 GB/s6.5 GB/s
Data Compression245.5 MB/s295.8 MB/s
Physics898 frames/s936 frames/s
Extended Instructions172 M matrices/s194 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
1961
Intel Core i7 10700K
1711
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
8220
Intel Core i7 10700K
8482
File Compression819.4 MB/s647.3 MB/s
Clang Compilation61.3 KLines/s76.4 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser147.3 pages/s169.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering233.2 MP/sec296.9 MP/sec
Text Processing191.9 pages/s173 pages/s
Background Blur40.4 frames/s38.9 frames/s
Photo Processing61.4 frames/s63.4 frames/s
Ray Tracing15.4 MP/sec16.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
143.63
Intel Core i7 10700K
178.9

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 126.5 PPW 67.9 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 297.6 PPW 149.3 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 8.4 PPW 3.3 PPW
Blender / W 2.21 PPW 1.43 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced March, 15, 2022 May, 1, 2020
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Comet Lake
Model number n/a i7-10700K
Integrated GPU No UHD Graphics 630

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Frequency 3.6 GHz 3.8 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.2 GHz 5.1 GHz
General
Cores count68
Threads count1216
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidthn/a8 GT/s
Multiplier36x38x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core256 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Process tech. 7 nm 14 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 125 W
Socket AM4 LGA-1200
Critical temp. 90 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-3200 DDR4-2933
Max Size 128 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 47.68 GB 45.8 GB

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 24 16

Results

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