AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 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

4496 points
4592 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6035 points
7% slightly better gaming score
5621 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3997 points
4259 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3874 points
4166 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3194 points
8386 points
162% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.47 points
149.39 points
48% significantly higher Blender 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

3.2 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 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

65 W
35 W
85% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB
12% slightly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

390th of 1,089
382nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Ryzen 7 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2021 December

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Ryzen 5 1600 vs Ryzen 7 5800HS comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5800HS beats the Ryzen 5 1600 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5800HS has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 1600. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800HS has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 1600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 1600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5800HS outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1600 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 5800HS has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 1600. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 Ryzen 5 1600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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