Ryzen 7 5800XT: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 5800XT provides good benchmark performance at 18.29% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
AMD started Ryzen 7 5800XT sales 31 July 2024 at a recommended price of $249. This is a Vermeer architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, and is based on 7 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 4800 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket AM4 processor with a TDP of 105 Watt. It supports DDR4 memory.
Primary details
Ryzen 7 5800XT processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 330 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 55.45 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Power efficiency | 16.48 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Architecture codename | Vermeer (2020−2024) | |
| Release date | 31 July 2024 (less than a year ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $249 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | |
| Threads | 16 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.8 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 4.8 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 32 MB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 74 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 4,150 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Unlocked multiplier | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 7 5800XT compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | AM4 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 5800XT. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Precision Boost 2 | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 5800XT's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen 7 5800XT.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen 7 5800XT. Overall benchmark performance 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.
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.
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to Ryzen 7 5800XT is Core i9-9980XE, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our ranking.
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Similar processors
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Ryzen 7 5800XT, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Ryzen 7 5800XT in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 112 configurations using Ryzen 7 5800XT in our database.
