AMD Ryzen 7 5800H vs Intel Core i7-6700

Ryzen 7 5800H vs Core i7-6700 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5800H performs better than the Core i7-6700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800H has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-6700 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800H. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-6700 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 5800H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-6700. The Ryzen 7 5800H 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 5800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.