Intel Core i5-11500H vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800U

Processor comparisons 26-06-2021

   You may have difficulties with the choice of a CPU, you will solve them by reading the full tests Intel Core i5-11500H vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800U and understand which is better for games or simple use for machine learning, video editing, rendering, programming, streaming. Here you can find useful information from real video editing and streaming tests or many benchmarks. A careful review of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel examination in software tests like AIDA64, PCMark 10, Furmark, 7zip, Blender, Dolphin Emulator, Blender, Handbrake, Gears 5, VeraCrypt, UserBenchmark, SuperPi, GeekBench 6, 5.2, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, RealBench, MATLAB, Prime95, PassMark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), 3DMark, WPrime.
   And how good the processors are in games:

Valheim
Cyberpunk 2077
Grand Theft Auto V
Apex Legends
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Overwatch
Halo Infinite
DOOM: Eternal
Valorant
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Fortnite
Fallout 76
Red Dead Redemption 2
Borderlands 3
Watch Dogs Legion
Rainbow Six Siege
Death Stranding
Last Man Standing
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone

After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Ryzen 7 5800U or Intel Core i5-11500H.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Core i5-11500H

56%

Ryzen 7 5800U

56%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Core i5-11500H

54%

Ryzen 7 5800U

54%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a low game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of less popular games in which processors were compared: Monster Hunter World, Half-Life: Alyx, League of Legends (LOL), Battlefield V, NBA 2K20, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Hitman 3, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Horizon Zero Dawn, Forza Horizon 4, Microsoft Flight Simulator, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Control, Ghostrunner, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, DOTA 2A, Metro Exodus.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	96.6	95.4
Valorant	109.7	108.4
Cyberpunk 2077	61.4	60.7
Apex Legends	103.1	101.9
Call of Duty Warzone	82.3	81.3
Overwatch	88.9	87.8
Red Dead Redemption 2	75.7	74.8
DOOM Eternal	54.9	54.2
Warzone	85.6	84.5
Assassin's Creed	92.2	91.0
Valheim	91.1	89.9

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Core i5-11500H

137%

Ryzen 7 5800U

244%

To make a final choice on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 7 5800U is more energy efficient than the Core i5-11500H as it consumes less power: 45W vs. 20W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you must know its TDP. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

Let's say you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, machine learning, video rendering or video editing, programming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum efficiency, the CPU turns on all threads and cores that it has. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to find out whether the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that use only one core to work, and all the advantages of multi-core mode are unused.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Core i5-11500H	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	198	208
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	1896	2011
Cinbench 20 Single-core	463	483
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	4248	4407
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1208	1201
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	11244	12266

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Core i5-11500H	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
Single-Core	2692	2679
Multi-Core	20515	22174

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Core i5-11500H	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
Single-Core	1854	1468
Multi-Core	8393	7215

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most helpful. The newer the processor, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same can be said about overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in new games. Accordingly, there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	Intel Core i5-11500H	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
Announcement date	June 20, 2021	February 22, 2021
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1787	FP6
Core name	Tiger Lake	Cezanne
Architecture	x86	Zen 3
Generation	11	5
Turbo Frequency	4.6 MHz	4.4 MHz
Frequency	2.9 MHz	1.9 MHz
Cores	6	8
Threads	12	16
Bus rate	8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	10 nm	7 nm
Transistors count	5600 millions	6200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	45 W	20 W
Memory type	Up to 3200 MT/s	DDR4-3200 LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory	128 Gb
Memory Frequency	3200	3200
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache	3 MB	4MB
L3 cache	12 MB	32MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Core i5-11500H is 34% better than Ryzen 7 5800U in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Ryzen 7 5800U has 2 more core than Core i5-11500H. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-11500H is better: 22
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 7 5800U is better: 13
Although it should be understood that the summary data in the article above do not mean that taking them into account you should completely trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch the testing video and read the reviews of of people who bought Intel Core i5-11500H and AMD Ryzen 7 5800U before making a choice which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

Intel Core i5-11500H - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Core i5-11500H specs and review.

• AMD Ryzen 7 5800U specs and review.