AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 4 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
105% significantly better overall score
3827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9478 points
49% significantly better gaming score
6332 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7328 points
136% significantly better multitasking score
3095 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7169 points
141% significantly better heavy workload score
2970 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

213.11 points
172% significantly higher Blender score
78.11 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10211 points
141% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4230 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2193 points
42% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1535 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
45 W
133% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

151st of 1,089
450th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2023 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Ryzen 7 5800X vs Ryzen 5 5500H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5800X beats the Ryzen 5 5500H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 5800X has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5500H that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500H. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500H 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 Ryzen 5 5500H. 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.

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