Intel Core i7-5820K vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

Compare Intel Core X-series 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 5000 Series 8 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

4081 points
3% slightly better overall score
3935 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5494 points
7% slightly better gaming score
5110 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3634 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
3597 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3527 points
Identical
3527 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

95.66 points
119.67 points
25% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5383 points
6258 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1134 points
1694 points
49% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5467 points
6151 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points
1677 points
42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
73% significantly higher clock speed
1.90 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
4.4 GHz
22% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W
15 W
833% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

442nd of 1,112
455th of 1,112

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen PRO 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2021 March

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-5820K vs Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5820K is faster than the Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-5820K that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5820K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-5820K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U outputs less heat than Core i7-5820K thanks to a 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 i7-5820K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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