AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS vs Intel Core i7-8700

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i7 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

4592 points

4771 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5621 points

6744 points

19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4259 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

4149 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4166 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

4005 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8386 points

73% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

4845 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.39 points

36% slightly higher Blender score

109.37 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz

3.2 GHz

14% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

4.6 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

85% 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

33% slightly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

382nd of 1,089

368th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile

8th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December

2017 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 7 5800HS vs Core i7-8700 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5800HS is faster than the Core i7-8700. Despite this, the Core i7-8700 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 i7-8700 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-8700 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 5800HS. Also, the Core i7-8700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-8700 CPU because of its 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 i7-8700. The Ryzen 7 5800HS also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.