Ryzen 7 5800H vs i7-965 Extreme Edition

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and Ryzen 7 5800H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated571
Place by popularitynot in top-10076
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7EEAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiencyno data23.14
Architecture codenameNehalem (2008−2010)Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date17 November 2008 (16 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and Ryzen 7 5800H 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)
Threads816
Base clock speedno data3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
Multiplier2432
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache8 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm
Die size263 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors731 Million9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and Ryzen 7 5800H 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
Socketno dataFP6
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and Ryzen 7 5800H. 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-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and Ryzen 7 5800H are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and Ryzen 7 5800H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory size24 GBno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 2000 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and Ryzen 7 5800H.

PCIe versionno data3.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 November 2008 12 January 2021
Physical cores 4 8
Threads 8 16
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 54 Watt

Ryzen 7 5800H has an age advantage of 12 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 140.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and Ryzen 7 5800H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i7-965 Extreme Edition is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 5800H is a notebook one.


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