AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i7-7800X

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i7-7800X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5800X is faster than the Core i7-7800X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7800X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5800X has slightly more cores than the Core i7-7800X. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-7800X. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7800X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7800X. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-7800X CPU because of its slightly 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.