AMD Ryzen 7 5800H vs Intel Core i5-8500

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel 8th 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
60% significantly better overall score
3718 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7413 points
22% slightly better gaming score
6040 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5498 points
83% significantly better multitasking score
3002 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5377 points
86% significantly better heavy workload score
2880 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6250 points
66% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
3756 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

161.72 points
94% significantly higher Blender score
83.18 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6868 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4908 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1714 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1369 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7168 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4868 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1749 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1396 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
166% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache
384 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
77% significantly more L3 cache
9 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

251st of 1,089
460th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile
8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 5800H vs Core i5-8500 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5800H performs better than the Core i5-8500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8500 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800H has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-8500 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8500. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8500. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-8500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-8500. The Ryzen 7 5800H also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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