Intel Core i7-11800H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Core i7-11800H vs Ryzen 5 5500 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11800H performs better than the Ryzen 5 5500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-11800H has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5500 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11800H. Despite this, the Core i7-11800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11800H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-11800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.