Intel Core i7-8850H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 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

3693 points
6416 points
73% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5381 points
8665 points
61% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3183 points
5694 points
78% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3075 points
5516 points
79% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

84.41 points
139.36 points
65% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4710 points
7974 points
69% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1344 points
2039 points
51% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
4.59 GHz
76% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.6 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

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

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
3 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

463rd of 1,089
225th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-8850H vs Ryzen 5 5600GT comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600GT performs better than the Core i7-8850H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8850H in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600GT has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8850H. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600GT has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8850H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5600GT CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600GT has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8850H. The Ryzen 5 5600GT also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i7-8850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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