AMD Ryzen 7 5800 vs Intel Core i7-860

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 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

7246 points
343% significantly better overall score
1632 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9033 points
246% significantly better gaming score
2607 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6679 points
397% significantly better multitasking score
1342 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6542 points
407% significantly better heavy workload score
1289 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

191.07 points
521% significantly higher Blender score
30.74 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9217 points
524% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1475 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2067 points
368% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
441 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8758 points
493% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1475 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2080 points
361% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
451 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
21% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
32% slightly higher turbo speed
3.46 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

175th of 1,089
783rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2009 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 5800 vs Core i7-860 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-860 performs better than the Ryzen 7 5800. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 5800 has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-860 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-860. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-860. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-860 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 5800 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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