i7-11800H vs Ryzen 5 5600H

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 5600H
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 45 Watt
10.67
Core i7-11800H
2021
8 cores / 16 threads, 45 Watt
12.84
+20.3%

Core i7-11800H outperforms Ryzen 5 5600H by a significant 20% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5600H and Core i7-11800H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking737600
Place by popularity43not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)Tiger Lake
Power efficiency22.3234.54
Architecture codenameCezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)Tiger Lake-H (2021)
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)11 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$395

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5600H and Core i7-11800H 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1216
Base clock speed3.3 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4.6 GHz
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
Multiplier33no data
L1 cache384 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache3 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm10 nm SuperFin
Die sizeno data190 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5600H and Core i7-11800H 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
SocketFP6FCBGA1787
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5600H and Core i7-11800H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 5600H and Core i7-11800H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
Secure Keyno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5600H and Core i7-11800H are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5600H and Core i7-11800H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data51.2 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.45 GHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 5600H and Core i7-11800H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 5 5600H and Core i7-11800H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680x4320@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 5600H and Core i7-11800H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5600H and Core i7-11800H.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

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.

Ryzen 5 5600H 10.67
i7-11800H 12.84
+20.3%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600H 16944
i7-11800H 20397
+20.4%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600H 1603
i7-11800H 1900
+18.5%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600H 5784
i7-11800H 7812
+35.1%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600H 5817
i7-11800H 9075
+56%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600H 34229
i7-11800H 44099
+28.8%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600H 11952
i7-11800H 13362
+11.8%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600H 6.58
i7-11800H 3.97
+65.7%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600H 19
+0.8%
i7-11800H 19

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 5 5600H 1563
i7-11800H 1936
+23.9%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600H 223
i7-11800H 227
+1.8%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600H 2.62
+0.8%
i7-11800H 2.6

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.

Ryzen 5 5600H 7.4
i7-11800H 9.9
+34.7%

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.

Ryzen 5 5600H 7497
i7-11800H 7944
+6%

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.  

Ryzen 5 5600H 95
+1.5%
i7-11800H 94

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.  

Ryzen 5 5600H 251
+1.5%
i7-11800H 248

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 5600H 6536
i7-11800H 8905
+36.2%

Blender(-)

Ryzen 5 5600H 324
+24.1%
i7-11800H 261

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 5600H 1423
i7-11800H 1572
+10.5%

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 5 5600H 5359
i7-11800H 5509
+2.8%

7-Zip

Ryzen 5 5600H 44558
i7-11800H 49080
+10.1%

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 5 5600H 267
+1.9%
i7-11800H 262

CrossMark Overall

Ryzen 5 5600H 1311
i7-11800H 1569
+19.7%

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Ryzen 5 5600H 200
i7-11800H 212
+5.9%

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ryzen 5 5600H 584
+14.1%
i7-11800H 512

Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core

Ryzen 5 5600H 6856
i7-11800H 9254
+35%

Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core

Ryzen 5 5600H 1729
i7-11800H 2193
+26.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.67 12.84
Integrated graphics card 7.47 5.58
Recency 12 January 2021 11 May 2021
Physical cores 6 8
Threads 12 16
Chip lithography 7 nm 10 nm

Ryzen 5 5600H has 33.9% faster integrated GPU, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

i7-11800H, on the other hand, has a 20.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 months, and 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

The Core i7-11800H is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 5600H in performance tests.


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