i7-10875H vs Ryzen 5 1500X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 1500X
2017
4 cores / 8 threads, 65 Watt
5.73
Core i7-10875H
2020
8 cores / 16 threads, 45 Watt
9.35
+63.2%

Core i7-10875H outperforms Ryzen 5 1500X by an impressive 63% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i7-10875H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1122812
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.12no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Intel Comet Lake
Power efficiency8.3419.66
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Comet Lake-H (2020)
Release date11 April 2017 (7 years ago)2 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$189$450

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i7-10875H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads816
Base clock speed3.5 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s8 GT/s
Multiplier35no data
L1 cache96K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size192 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i7-10875H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FCBGA1440
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i7-10875H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPP-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i7-10875H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i7-10875H are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i7-10875H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size64 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s45.8 GB/s
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel® UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequency-1.2 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i7-10875H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-3
eDP-+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVI-+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i7-10875H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support-+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4-4096 x 2304@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP-4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort-4096 x 2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i7-10875H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12
OpenGL-4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i7-10875H.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes2016

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 1500X 5.73
i7-10875H 9.35
+63.2%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 5 1500X 9104
i7-10875H 14848
+63.1%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 5 1500X 1114
i7-10875H 1519
+36.4%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 5 1500X 3683
i7-10875H 6577
+78.6%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Ryzen 5 1500X 4573
i7-10875H 7803
+70.6%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Ryzen 5 1500X 20186
i7-10875H 44805
+122%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Ryzen 5 1500X 7403
i7-10875H 12945
+74.9%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Ryzen 5 1500X 9
i7-10875H 19
+109%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 5 1500X 805
i7-10875H 1595
+98.1%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 1500X 154
i7-10875H 202
+31.2%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ryzen 5 1500X 1.73
i7-10875H 2.4
+38.7%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Ryzen 5 1500X 4.9
i7-10875H 10.3
+110%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ryzen 5 1500X 50
i7-10875H 103
+108%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ryzen 5 1500X 177
i7-10875H 242
+36.9%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Ryzen 5 1500X 3910
i7-10875H 7473
+91.1%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 1500X 4604
i7-10875H 7799
+69.4%

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 1500X 586
+81.7%
i7-10875H 323

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 1500X 919
i7-10875H 1300
+41.5%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 1500X 3865
i7-10875H 5319
+37.6%

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 1500X 21842
i7-10875H 44947
+106%

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 5 1500X 178
i7-10875H 239
+34.6%

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Ryzen 5 1500X 14463
i7-10875H 30783
+113%

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Ryzen 5 1500X 4149
i7-10875H 6013
+44.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.73 9.35
Recency 11 April 2017 2 April 2020
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 8 16
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt

i7-10875H has a 63.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 44.4% lower power consumption.

The Core i7-10875H is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 1500X in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 5 1500X is a desktop processor while Core i7-10875H is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 1500X and Core i7-10875H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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