Intel Core i7-11850H vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5771 points
8% slightly better overall score
5312 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7728 points
6% slightly better gaming score
7287 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5178 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
4672 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5048 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
4523 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

147.63 points
18% slightly higher Blender score
124.29 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7819 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6235 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1911 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1560 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.6 GHz
44% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
17% slightly higher turbo speed
4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
200% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

272nd of 1,089
309th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-11850H vs Ryzen 5 4500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 4500 beats the Core i7-11850H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11850H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-11850H has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 4500 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4500. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 4500 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-11850H. Despite this, the Core i7-11850H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-11850H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 4500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-11850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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