AMD Ryzen 7 5800 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 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

13% slightly better overall score

6405 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9033 points

0.17% slightly better gaming score

9018 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6679 points

19% slightly better multitasking score

5593 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6542 points

21% slightly better heavy workload score

5403 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

191.07 points

24% slightly higher Blender score

153.60 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8758 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7982 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2080 points

2119 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

3.50 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

4.9 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

28 W

132% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

6 MiB

49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

175th of 1,089

227th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 5800 vs Ryzen 5 8640HS benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5800 performs better than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5800 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8640HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 8640HS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 5800. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 8640HS has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 5800. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 8640HS.

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 5800 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.