AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 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

4180 points
5087 points
21% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5656 points
6161 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3723 points
4760 points
27% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3608 points
4676 points
29% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.46 points
139.86 points
39% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

9345 points
10624 points
13% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5751 points
6263 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1605 points
1671 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5709 points
6881 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1617 points
1741 points
7% 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

2.3 GHz
21% slightly higher clock speed
1.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.4 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
Identical
15 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache

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

422nd of 1,089
340th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
Ryzen 7 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2021 December

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Ryzen 5 5600U vs Ryzen 7 5800U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5800U beats the Ryzen 5 5600U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5800U has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600U. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800U has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 5800U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600U. 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 5600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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