AMD Ryzen 7 5800U vs Intel Core i7-8086K

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

5087 points
0.83% slightly better overall score
5045 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6161 points
6765 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4760 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
4495 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4676 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
4358 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

139.86 points
6% slightly higher Blender score
130.84 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

10624 points
22% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
8686 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6263 points
6971 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1671 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1630 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6881 points
7075 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1741 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1713 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
4 GHz
110% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
533% 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

340th of 1,089
344th 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
2018 May

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 5800U vs Core i7-8086K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8086K performs better than the Ryzen 7 5800U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800U 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 i7-8086K that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8086K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8086K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800U. Also, the Core i7-8086K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-8086K 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 i7-8086K. The Ryzen 7 5800U also has slightly 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 5800U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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