AMD Ryzen 7 4800U vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Ryzen 7 4800U vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme beats the Ryzen 7 4800U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 4800U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 4800U. Also, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 4800U. The Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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.