AMD Ryzen 7 6800H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 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

6551 points
4% slightly better overall score
6267 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7993 points
8333 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6082 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
5604 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5955 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
5431 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6757 points
19% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5664 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

177.81 points
17% slightly higher Blender score
150.92 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8754 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
8330 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1836 points
1980 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8862 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8600 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1847 points
2052 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.20 GHz
3.50 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

217th of 1,089
237th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Ryzen 7 6800H vs Ryzen 5 5600 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 6800H is faster than the Ryzen 5 5600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 6800H has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 6800H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 6800H. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 6800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 6800H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5600 CPU because of its 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 6800H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 6800H.

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 6800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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