AMD Ryzen 7 4800H vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

Ryzen 7 4800H vs Ryzen 9 5900X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 5900X beats the Ryzen 7 4800H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 4800H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5900X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 4800H. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900X has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 4800H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 4800H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 5900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 4800H. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 4800H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 5900X 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 9 5900X has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 4800H. The Ryzen 9 5900X also has significantly 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 Ryzen 7 4800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.