Ryzen 5 5500U vs Ryzen 7 5800

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 5800
2020
8 cores / 16 threads, 65 Watt
16.05
+99.1%
Ryzen 5 5500U
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
8.06

Ryzen 7 5800 outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U by an impressive 99% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 5800 and Ryzen 5 5500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking434982
Place by popularitynot in top-10025
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency23.5230.70
DesignerAMDAMD
Architecture codenameVermeer (2020−2024)Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)
Release date5 November 2020 (4 years ago)12 January 2021 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 5800 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1612
Base clock speed3.4 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4.6 GHz4 GHz
Multiplier3421
L1 cache512 KB384 KB
L2 cache4 MB3 MB
L3 cache32 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm7 nm
Die size81 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
Number of transistors4,150 million9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 5800 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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 configuration11
SocketAM4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 5800 and Ryzen 5 5500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 5800 and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 5800 and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GB64 GB
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 5800 and Ryzen 5 5500U.

PCIe version4.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

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.

Ryzen 7 5800 16.05
+99.1%
Ryzen 5 5500U 8.06

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Ryzen 7 5800 25744
+99.1%
Ryzen 5 5500U 12928

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 7 5800 2085
+61.6%
Ryzen 5 5500U 1290

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 7 5800 8757
+93.6%
Ryzen 5 5500U 4524

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.05 8.06
Recency 5 November 2020 12 January 2021
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 7 5800 has a 99.1% higher aggregate performance score, and 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads.

Ryzen 5 5500U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Ryzen 5 5500U in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 7 5800 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5500U is a notebook one.

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