AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i5-4460

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i5-4460 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5800X is faster than the Core i5-4460. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4460 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800X has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-4460 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4460. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4460. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-4460 outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 5800X thanks to a slightly 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 5800X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-4460. The Ryzen 7 5800X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.