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

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 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

5130 points

5462 points

6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6861 points

4% slightly better gaming score

6552 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4572 points

5074 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4437 points

4955 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

122.31 points

141.38 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5529 points

7331 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1405 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1235 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5586 points

7412 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1401 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1302 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.8 GHz

3 GHz

66% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

20% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

833% significantly lower TDP

140 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

334th of 1,089

298th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 7 4800U vs Core i7-5960X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-5960X beats the Ryzen 7 4800U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 4800U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-5960X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 4800U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 4800U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 4800U 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.

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 Ryzen 7 4800U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.