Intel Core i7-9800X vs AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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

6761 points
7040 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8246 points
9593 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6264 points
0.48% slightly better multitasking score
6234 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6133 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
6029 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

163.68 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
156.82 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

3.8 GHz
4.30 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W
45 W
266% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

5 MiB
16 MiB
220% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

206th of 1,089
189th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-9800X vs Ryzen 5 8645HS benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 8645HS beats the Core i7-9800X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9800X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-9800X has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 8645HS that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8645HS. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8645HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9800X. Also, the Ryzen 5 8645HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 8645HS outputs less heat than Core i7-9800X thanks to a 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 i7-9800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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