AMD Ryzen 7 4800U vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 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
9228 points
79% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6861 points
7460 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4572 points
9844 points
115% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4437 points
10084 points
127% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

122.31 points
371.88 points
204% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5529 points
10775 points
94% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1405 points
1676 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5586 points
10665 points
90% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1401 points
1722 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
32
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.8 GHz
3.5 GHz
94% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.7 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
599% significantly lower TDP
105 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
1024 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
8 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
64 MiB
700% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

334th of 1,089
105th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile
Ryzen 9 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June
2019 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Ryzen 7 4800U vs Ryzen 9 3950X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 3950X is faster than the Ryzen 7 4800U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 4800U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 4800U. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 4800U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 4800U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 3950X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 4800U. Also, the Ryzen 9 3950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 4800U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 3950X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 4800U. The Ryzen 9 3950X 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 4800U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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