Ryzen 5 5600G vs i5-1030NG7

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-1030NG7
2020
4 cores / 8 threads, 10 Watt
3.75
Ryzen 5 5600G
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
12.99
+246%

Ryzen 5 5600G outperforms Core i5-1030NG7 by a whopping 246% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-1030NG7 and Ryzen 5 5600G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1492605
Place by popularitynot in top-10010
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data29.67
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Ice LakeAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency34.1918.22
Architecture codenameIce Lake-Y (2020)Cezanne (2021−2024)
Release date18 March 2020 (4 years ago)13 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$259

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-1030NG7 and Ryzen 5 5600G 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads812
Base clock speed1.1 GHz3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus rate4 GT/sno data
Multiplierno data39
L1 cache80 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache6 MB (shared)16 MB
Chip lithography10 nm7 nm
Die size123 mm2AM4 (1331) mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistorsno data10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-1030NG7 and Ryzen 5 5600G 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 configuration11
SocketIntel BGA 1044AM4
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-1030NG7 and Ryzen 5 5600G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
vPro-no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology+no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Core i5-1030NG7 and Ryzen 5 5600G technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-1030NG7 and Ryzen 5 5600G are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-1030NG7 and Ryzen 5 5600G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesLPDDR4-3733DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth58.3 GB/s51.196 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel Iris Plus GraphicsAMD Radeon RX Vega 7
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-1030NG7 and Ryzen 5 5600G integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-1030NG7 and Ryzen 5 5600G integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportYes, at 120Hzno data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP5120 x 3200@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort5120 x 3200@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-1030NG7 and Ryzen 5 5600G integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-1030NG7 and Ryzen 5 5600G.

PCIe version3.03.0

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.

i5-1030NG7 3.75
Ryzen 5 5600G 12.99
+246%

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.

i5-1030NG7 5733
Ryzen 5 5600G 19875
+247%

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.

i5-1030NG7 1312
Ryzen 5 5600G 1939
+47.8%

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.

i5-1030NG7 3346
Ryzen 5 5600G 7725
+131%

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.

i5-1030NG7 4250
Ryzen 5 5600G 6052
+42.4%

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.

i5-1030NG7 9432
Ryzen 5 5600G 35552
+277%

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.

i5-1030NG7 3828
Ryzen 5 5600G 12904
+237%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

i5-1030NG7 15.2
Ryzen 5 5600G 4.53
+236%

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.

i5-1030NG7 3
Ryzen 5 5600G 20
+491%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

i5-1030NG7 448
Ryzen 5 5600G 1724
+285%

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.

i5-1030NG7 140
Ryzen 5 5600G 228
+62.9%

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.

i5-1030NG7 1.21
Ryzen 5 5600G 2.68
+121%

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.

i5-1030NG7 3.1
Ryzen 5 5600G 9.7
+213%

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.  

i5-1030NG7 17
Ryzen 5 5600G 103
+507%

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.  

i5-1030NG7 77
Ryzen 5 5600G 262
+238%

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.

i5-1030NG7 3878
Ryzen 5 5600G 7652
+97.3%

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

i5-1030NG7 2710
Ryzen 5 5600G 8003
+195%

Blender(-)

i5-1030NG7 1310
+338%
Ryzen 5 5600G 299

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

i5-1030NG7 1089
Ryzen 5 5600G 1506
+38.4%

7-Zip Single

i5-1030NG7 3472
Ryzen 5 5600G 5549
+59.8%

7-Zip

i5-1030NG7 10924
Ryzen 5 5600G 48700
+346%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.75 12.99
Integrated graphics card 4.70 7.27
Recency 18 March 2020 13 April 2021
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 8 12
Chip lithography 10 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 65 Watt

i5-1030NG7 has 550% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 5600G, on the other hand, has a 246.4% higher aggregate performance score, 54.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 5600G is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i5-1030NG7 in performance tests.

Be aware that Core i5-1030NG7 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 5600G is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-1030NG7 and Ryzen 5 5600G, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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