AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i7-8650U

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i7-8650U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5800X beats the Core i7-8650U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8650U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5800X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8650U. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-8650U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8650U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8650U. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-8650U 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 5800X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8650U. The Ryzen 7 5800X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.