AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS vs Intel Core i7-5960X

Ryzen 7 4800HS vs Core i7-5960X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 4800HS is faster than the Core i7-5960X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5960X in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5960X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 4800HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 4800HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 4800HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5960X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 4800HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.