Ryzen 7 5700U vs Ryzen 7 5800X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 5800X
2020
8 cores / 16 threads, 105 Watt
17.52
+75.9%
Ryzen 7 5700U
2021
8 cores / 16 threads, 15 Watt
9.96

Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms Ryzen 7 5700U by an impressive 76% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 7 5700U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking361776
Place by popularity4911
Cost-effectiveness evaluation24.46no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency15.7862.80
Architecture codenameVermeer (Zen 3) (2020−2022)Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)
Release date5 November 2020 (4 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 7 5700U 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed3.8 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed4.7 GHz4.3 GHz
Multiplier3818
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache32 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm7 nm
Die size2 x 80.7 sq. mm; I/O = 125 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 7 5700U 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)105 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 7 5700U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHAMMX, 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++
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 7 5700U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 7 5700U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GB64 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 7 5700U.

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. 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 7 5800X 17.52
+75.9%
Ryzen 7 5700U 9.96

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 7 5800X 27828
+75.9%
Ryzen 7 5700U 15822

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 5800X 2199
+56.2%
Ryzen 7 5700U 1408

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 5800X 10250
+87.7%
Ryzen 7 5700U 5461

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 7 5800X 6835
+18.3%
Ryzen 7 5700U 5780

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 7 5800X 45548
+46.3%
Ryzen 7 5700U 31131

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 7 5800X 15873
+36.1%
Ryzen 7 5700U 11662

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 7 5800X 3.04
+14.8%
Ryzen 7 5700U 3.49

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 7 5800X 29
+74.8%
Ryzen 7 5700U 17

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ryzen 7 5800X 2609
+75.8%
Ryzen 7 5700U 1484

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 7 5800X 266
+41.2%
Ryzen 7 5700U 188

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 7 5800X 3.09
+41.7%
Ryzen 7 5700U 2.18

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 7 5800X 15
+63%
Ryzen 7 5700U 9.2

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 7 5800X 15604
+315%
Ryzen 7 5700U 3763

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 7 5800X 152
+110%
Ryzen 7 5700U 72

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 7 5800X 339
+77%
Ryzen 7 5700U 192

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 7 5800X 10724
+71.2%
Ryzen 7 5700U 6264

Blender(-)

Ryzen 7 5800X 197
Ryzen 7 5700U 338
+71.7%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 7 5800X 1683
+41.9%
Ryzen 7 5700U 1186

7-Zip Single

Ryzen 7 5800X 6907
+50.9%
Ryzen 7 5700U 4578

7-Zip

Ryzen 7 5800X 72114
+75.4%
Ryzen 7 5700U 41123

WebXPRT 3

Ryzen 7 5800X 302
+40.2%
Ryzen 7 5700U 215

CrossMark Overall

Ryzen 7 5800X 1541
+42.4%
Ryzen 7 5700U 1082

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Ryzen 7 5800X 245
+44.7%
Ryzen 7 5700U 169

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ryzen 7 5800X 336
Ryzen 7 5700U 665
+97.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 17.52 9.96
Recency 5 November 2020 12 January 2021
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 7 5800X has a 75.9% higher aggregate performance score.

Ryzen 7 5700U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, and 600% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 7 5800X is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 7 5700U in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 7 5800X is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 5700U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 7 5700U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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