AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i7-11800H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 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

7869 points

24% slightly better overall score

6296 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9478 points

12% slightly better gaming score

8432 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7328 points

30% slightly better multitasking score

5628 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7169 points

30% slightly better heavy workload score

5474 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7634 points

13% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6720 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

213.11 points

41% slightly higher Blender score

150.35 points

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15711 points

11% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

14088 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10085 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

8024 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2119 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1892 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10211 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7795 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2193 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1896 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

65% significantly higher clock speed

2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

45 W

133% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

768 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

151st of 1,089

236th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

11th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2021 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i7-11800H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5800X is faster than the Core i7-11800H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11800H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-11800H. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-11800H outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 5800X thanks to a 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 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.