AMD Ryzen 7 5800H vs Intel Core i5-11600K

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i5 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

5963 points
6621 points
11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7413 points
9474 points
27% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5498 points
5722 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5377 points
5531 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6250 points
6323 points
1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

161.72 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
156.80 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

13214 points
16% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
11311 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6868 points
8447 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1714 points
2118 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7168 points
8549 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1749 points
2208 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
3.9 GHz
21% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.9 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
177% significantly lower TDP
125 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
6% slightly more L1 cache
480 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache
1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

251st of 1,089
215th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile
11th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2021 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 5800H vs Core i5-11600K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11600K is faster than the Ryzen 7 5800H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 5800H has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-11600K that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800H. Also, the Core i5-11600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-11600K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 5800H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-11600K. The Ryzen 7 5800H also has slightly more L3 cache.

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

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