AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS vs Intel Core i5-11260H

Ryzen 7 5800HS vs Core i5-11260H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5800HS performs better than the Core i5-11260H. Despite this, the Core i5-11260H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-11260H has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11260H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5800HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11260H. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-11260H CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. 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 5800HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.