AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS vs Intel Core i7-8700K

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
5130 points
11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5621 points
7103 points
26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4259 points
4499 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4166 points
4352 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8386 points
65% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5074 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.39 points
18% slightly higher Blender score
126.15 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
3.7 GHz
32% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.7 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
171% significantly lower TDP
95 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
335th 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

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 5800HS vs Core i7-8700K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5800HS beats the Core i7-8700K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-8700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5800HS has slightly more cores than the Core i7-8700K. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800HS has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800HS. Also, the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-8700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800HS has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700K. 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.

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