AMD Ryzen 7 5800U vs Intel Core i5 8250U

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 5800U, vs Intel Core i5 8250U. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 5800U and Intel Core i5 8250U
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
1425
Intel Core i5 8250U
900
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
8154
Intel Core i5 8250U
3091
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
3022
Intel Core i5 8250U
1890
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
18316
Intel Core i5 8250U
5827
Integer Math73.9 GOps/s20.9 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math38.9 GOps/s12.7 GOps/s
Prime Number Search48 M primes/s18 M primes/s
Random String Sort23.4 M strings/s10.3 M strings/s
Data Encryption14.3 GB/s2 GB/s
Data Compression223.9 MB/s76.9 MB/s
Physics772 frames/s404 frames/s
Extended Instructions146 M matrices/s49 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
1899
Intel Core i5 8250U
1117
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
7496
Intel Core i5 8250U
3272
File Compression707 MB/s210.2 MB/s
Clang Compilation50.6 KLines/s18.9 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser136.9 pages/s78.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering220.8 MP/sec108.7 MP/sec
Text Processing191.1 pages/s112.5 pages/s
Background Blur32 frames/s20.5 frames/s
Photo Processing57.1 frames/s32.4 frames/s
Ray Tracing15.3 MP/sec5.57 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
140.26
Intel Core i5 8250U
38.43

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 299.8 PPW 218.1 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 732.6 PPW 388.5 PPW
Blender / W 5.61 PPW 2.56 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced January, 12, 2021 August, 21, 2017
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) n/a
Model number n/a i5-8250U
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 8 UHD Graphics 620

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 4
Threads 16 8
Frequency 1.9 GHz 1.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
General
Cores count84
Threads count168
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidthn/a4 GT/s
Multiplier19x16x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core256 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total6 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 7 nm 14 nm
Power (TDP) 10-25 W 15 W
Socket FP6 BGA-1356
Critical temp. 105 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
- DDR4-2400
- LPDDR3-2133
Max Size 32 GB 32 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 37.5 GB

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 12 12
Channels n/a 41422

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 7 5800U the clear winner in this comparison.

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