Component comparison
Ryzen 7 6800H vs Ryzen 5 5500U
Ryzen 7 6800H vs Ryzen 5 5500U — detailed CPU comparison: performance, cores, frequencies.
Advantages
A
Ryzen 7 6800H
- + Release year (+1)
- + Cores (+2)
- + Threads (+4)
- + Base clock (GHz) (+1.10 GHz)
- + Boost clock (GHz) (+0.70 GHz)
- + L3 cache (MB) (+8 MB)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+30 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-1 nm)
- + Geekbench 5 (single-core) (+550)
- + Geekbench 5 (multi-core) (+4323)
- + Normalized score (+20.4)
B
Ryzen 5 5500U
- + Critical temp (°C) (+10 °C)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
Ryzen 7 6800H
|
Component B
Ryzen 5 5500U
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2022 (+1) | 2021 |
| Cores | 8 (+2) | 6 |
| Threads | 16 (+4) | 12 |
| Base clock (GHz) | 3.20 GHz (+1.10 GHz) | 2.10 GHz |
| Boost clock (GHz) | 4.70 GHz (+0.70 GHz) | 4.00 GHz |
| L1 cache (KB) | 64 KB | 64 KB |
| L2 cache (KB) | 512 KB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache (MB) | 16 MB (+8 MB) | 8 MB |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 76 GB/s | — |
| Memory channels | 2 | — |
| Max memory (GB) | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 45 W (+30 W) | 15 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 6 nm (-1 nm) | 7 nm |
| Critical temp (°C) | 95 °C | 105 °C (+10 °C) |
| PassMark (overall) | — | — |
| PassMark (single-thread) | — | — |
| Geekbench 5 (single-core) | 1,844 (+550) | 1,294 |
| Geekbench 5 (multi-core) | 8,846 (+4323) | 4,523 |
| Normalized score | 77.6 (+20.4) | 57.2 |
In both
AVX
AVX2
AES-NI
amd_v
FMA
sha
Based on the comparison:
Ryzen 7 6800H wins 11 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).