Ryzen 7 5700U vs Core i5-11500H

The Ryzen 7 5700U packs 8 cores / 16 threads, while the Core i5-11500H offers 6 cores / 12 threads — the Ryzen 7 5700U has 2 more cores. Boost clocks reach 4.3 GHz on the Ryzen 7 5700U versus 4.6 GHz on the Core i5-11500H — a 6.7% clock advantage for the Core i5-11500H (base: 1.8 GHz vs 2.9 GHz). The Ryzen 7 5700U uses the Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021) architecture (7 nm), while the Core i5-11500H uses Tiger Lake H45 (2021) (10 nm SuperFin). In PassMark, the Ryzen 7 5700U scores 15,511 against the Core i5-11500H's 15,669 — a 1% lead for the Core i5-11500H. Cinebench R23 multi-core: 8,600 vs 9,532 (10.3% advantage for the Core i5-11500H). Geekbench 6 single-core — the metric most relevant to gaming — records 1,200 vs 1,801, a 40.1% lead for the Core i5-11500H that directly translates to higher frame rates. Multi-core Geekbench: 6,000 vs 6,248 (4% advantage for the Core i5-11500H). L3 cache: 8 MB (total) on the Ryzen 7 5700U vs 12 MB (total) on the Core i5-11500H.

The Ryzen 7 5700U uses the FP6 socket (PCIe 3.0), while the Core i5-11500H uses FCBGA1787 (PCIe 4.0) — making them incompatible on the same motherboard. Both support up to LPDDR4x-4267 memory speed. The Core i5-11500H supports up to 128 GB of RAM compared to 64 GB — 66.7% more capacity for professional workloads. Both feature 2-channel memory with ECC support. PCIe lanes: 12 (Ryzen 7 5700U) vs 20 (Core i5-11500H) — the Core i5-11500H offers 8 more lanes for additional GPUs or NVMe drives. Chipset compatibility: SoC (Ryzen 7 5700U) and HM570,QM580,WM590 (Core i5-11500H).

Neither processor supports overclocking. Only the Core i5-11500H supports AVX-512 instructions — important for machine learning and scientific applications. Virtualization support: AMD-V (Ryzen 7 5700U) vs VT-x, VT-d, EPT (Core i5-11500H). Both include integrated graphics — Radeon Graphics (8 CUs) (Ryzen 7 5700U) and UHD Graphics 750 (32 EU) (Core i5-11500H) — useful as a fallback for troubleshooting or display output without a dedicated GPU. Primary use case: Ryzen 7 5700U targets Mainstream Laptop, Core i5-11500H targets Gaming. Direct competitor: Core i5-11500H rivals Ryzen 5 5600H.