AMD Ryzen 7 5800U vs Intel Core i5-10500

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i5 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

5087 points
12% slightly better overall score
4526 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6161 points
6446 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4760 points
20% slightly better multitasking score
3934 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4676 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score
3805 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

139.86 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
124.71 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6263 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5596 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1671 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1501 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6881 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5547 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1741 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1529 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

1.9 GHz
3.1 GHz
63% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
333% 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

340th of 1,089
387th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile
10th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 5800U vs Core i5-10500 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5800U performs better than the Core i5-10500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 5800U has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-10500 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-10500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800U. Also, the Core i5-10500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-10500 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 5800U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-10500. The Ryzen 7 5800U 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 5800U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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