Ryzen 7 5800X vs FX-7500

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Aggregate performance score

FX-7500
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 19 Watt
2.07
Ryzen 7 5800X
2020
8 cores / 16 threads, 105 Watt
18.03
+771%

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms FX-7500 by a whopping 771% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing FX-7500 and Ryzen 7 5800X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking1814316
Place by popularitynot in top-10080
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data41.82
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD KaveriAMD Ryzen 7
Architecture codenameKaveri (2014−2015)Vermeer (Zen 3)
Release date4 June 2014 (10 years ago)5 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449
Current price$267 $321 (0.7x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

FX-7500 and Ryzen 7 5800X basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads416
Base clock speed2.1 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz4.7 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache4096 KB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data32 MB
Chip lithography28 nm7 nm
Die size245 mm22 x 80.7 sq. mm; I/O = 125 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data95 °C
Number of transistors2410 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on FX-7500 and Ryzen 7 5800X compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketFP3AM4
Power consumption (TDP)19 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-7500 and Ryzen 7 5800X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA, DDR3-1600 ControllerDDR4-3200 RAM, PCIe 4, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI++
FMA+no data
AVX++
FRTC1no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio+no data
PowerNow+no data
PowerGating+no data
Out-of-band client management+no data
VirusProtect+no data
HSA1no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-7500 and Ryzen 7 5800X are enumerated here.

AMD-V1+
IOMMU 2.0+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-7500 and Ryzen 7 5800X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1600DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.196 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R7 Graphics-
iGPU core count6-
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics1-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of FX-7500 and Ryzen 7 5800X integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by FX-7500 and Ryzen 7 5800X integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12-
Vulkan1-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-7500 and Ryzen 7 5800X.

PCIe version3.04.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FX-7500 2.07
Ryzen 7 5800X 18.03
+771%

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms FX-7500 by 771% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

FX-7500 3209
Ryzen 7 5800X 27882
+769%

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms FX-7500 by 769% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

FX-7500 313
Ryzen 7 5800X 2180
+596%

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms FX-7500 by 596% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

FX-7500 695
Ryzen 7 5800X 10259
+1376%

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms FX-7500 by 1376% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

FX-7500 2060
Ryzen 7 5800X 6835
+232%

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms FX-7500 by 232% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

FX-7500 5482
Ryzen 7 5800X 45548
+731%

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms FX-7500 by 731% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

FX-7500 2771
Ryzen 7 5800X 15873
+473%

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms FX-7500 by 473% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

FX-7500 23.32
Ryzen 7 5800X 3.04
+667%

FX-7500 outperforms Ryzen 7 5800X by 667% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

FX-7500 2
Ryzen 7 5800X 29
+1604%

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms FX-7500 by 1604% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

FX-7500 153
Ryzen 7 5800X 2609
+1605%

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms FX-7500 by 1605% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

FX-7500 55
Ryzen 7 5800X 266
+383%

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms FX-7500 by 383% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

FX-7500 0.65
Ryzen 7 5800X 3.09
+375%

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms FX-7500 by 375% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

FX-7500 1.1
Ryzen 7 5800X 15
+1264%

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms FX-7500 by 1264% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

FX-7500 1479
Ryzen 7 5800X 15604
+955%

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms FX-7500 by 955% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

FX-7500 14
Ryzen 7 5800X 152
+994%

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms FX-7500 by 994% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

FX-7500 69
Ryzen 7 5800X 339
+395%

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms FX-7500 by 395% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.07 18.03
Recency 4 June 2014 5 November 2020
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 4 16
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 19 Watt 105 Watt

The Ryzen 7 5800X is our recommended choice as it beats the FX-7500 in performance tests.

Be aware that FX-7500 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 7 5800X is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between FX-7500 and Ryzen 7 5800X, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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