AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs AMD Ryzen 7 H 255

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, vs AMD Ryzen 7 H 255. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
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 5600X
1541
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
11838
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
92
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
100
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
607
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
923
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3363
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21869
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
Integer Math71.4 GOps/s97.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math39.5 GOps/s59.7 GOps/s
Prime Number Search133 M primes/s88 M primes/s
Random String Sort26.3 M strings/s42.5 M strings/s
Data Encryption15.7 GB/s20.6 GB/s
Data Compression252.4 MB/s349.6 MB/s
Physics1318 frames/s1391 frames/s
Extended Instructions17 M matrices/s259 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
2173
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
9135
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
n/a
File Compression954.5 MB/s1020 MB/s
Clang Compilation66.2 KLines/s99.8 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser169 pages/s255.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering245 MP/sec378.2 MP/sec
Text Processing213.5 pages/s259.2 pages/s
Background Blur47.2 frames/s61.1 frames/s
Photo Processing68.8 frames/s99.7 frames/s
Ray Tracing16 MP/sec21.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
156.48
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
221.64

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 140.5 PPW 234.6 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 336.4 PPW 532.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 9.3 PPW 17.1 PPW
Blender / W 2.41 PPW 4.1 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Announced October, 8, 2020 August, 4, 2025
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Integrated GPU No Radeon 780M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Frequency 3.7 GHz 3.8 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.6 GHz 4.9 GHz
General
Cores count68
Threads count1216
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier37x38x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache32 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 25 billion
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 35-54 W
Max TDP (Boost) 88 W n/a
Socket AM4 FP8
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-3200 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 128 GB 256 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth 47.68 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 7 H 255 the clear winner in this comparison.

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