Intel Core i5 11260H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

We compared two 6-core laptop CPUs: the 2.1-2.6 GHz Intel Core i5 11260H against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600H. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5600H and 11260H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 11260H
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 7 integrated graphics: 1.6 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 448 MB/sec 604.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 54.4 Klines/sec 53.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 119.2 pages/sec 109.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 202.3 Mpixels/sec 175.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 194.6 pages/sec 194.4 pages/sec
Background blur 36.1 images/sec 32.8 images/sec
Photo processing 50.5 images/sec 47.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.5 Mpixels/sec 13.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 580 & 459 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
16362
Integer math 52.1 GOps/sec 58.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 31.4 GOps/sec 32.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 47M Primes/sec 46M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.4M Strings/sec 21M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9.3 GBytes/sec 12.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 189 MBytes/sec 204.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 684 Frames/sec 712 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.8B Matrices/sec 14.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 592 & 6703 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
117.32

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11 PPW 8.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 148.7 PPW 125.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 337.4 PPW 303 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.33 PPW 2.17 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 11260H
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-21 -> mayankdhamiCinebench 202477 / 451
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-14 (Juuhana)Geekbench 6 CPU1851 / 7626
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-14 (Juuhachi)Geekbench 6 CPU1851 / 7436
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-12 (Juu)Geekbench 6 CPU1888 / 7373
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-03 (bluntking)Cinebench 202479 / 451

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 11260H and AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released May 11, 2021 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i5-11260H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (16 EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 11500H
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#151st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.1-2.6 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21-26x 33x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1787 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (16 EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 128 448
TMUs 8 28
ROPs 4 8
Execution Units 16 7
TGP 6-15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.4 TFLOPS
1.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 11260H official page AMD Ryzen 5 5600H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H or Intel Core i5 11260H?
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Carlos March 29, 2024 at 08:16 AM
I prefer the Intel i5. It gives me greater confidence in both performance and driver reliability.
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Aniket Roy May 21, 2022 at 02:23 PM
I choose intel because it's best for gaming and it's single core performance is so good than rygen.
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