AMD Ryzen 7 5800H vs Intel Core i7-6820HK

Ryzen 7 5800H vs Core i7-6820HK comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5800H performs better than the Core i7-6820HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HK 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 i7-6820HK has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6820HK. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6820HK. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.