AMD Ryzen 7 5800U vs Intel Core i5-11500

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel 11th 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

57 %
11% slightly better overall score
51 %

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

68 %
75 %
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

53 %
20% slightly better multitasking score
44 %

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

52 %
23% slightly better heavy workload score
42 %

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.30
3% slightly higher Blender score
143.82
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6263
7631
21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1671
1954
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6226
7544
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1622
1969
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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
2.7 GHz
42% 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

15 W
333% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

150th of 1,255
214th of 1,255

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile
11th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

December 2021
February 2021

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 5800U vs Core i5-11500 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5800U is faster than the Core i5-11500. Despite this, the Core i5-11500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 i5-11500 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800U. Also, the Core i5-11500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-11500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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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