AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS vs Intel Core i7-8650U

Ryzen 7 5800HS vs Core i7-8650U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5800HS performs better than the Core i7-8650U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8650U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 5800HS has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-8650U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8650U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8650U. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-8650U outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 5800HS thanks to a 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 5800HS has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8650U. The Ryzen 7 5800HS 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 5800HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.