AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i9-11980HK

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i9 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
22% slightly better overall score
6435 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9478 points
8% slightly better gaming score
8714 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7328 points
27% slightly better multitasking score
5726 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7169 points
28% slightly better heavy workload score
5566 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7634 points
10988 points
43% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

213.11 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
206.36 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15711 points
17% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
13387 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
46% significantly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

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

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
224th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
11th Generation Core i9

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
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i9-11980HK specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5800X is faster than the Core i9-11980HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11980HK 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-11980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-11980HK 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 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 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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