AMD Ryzen 7 5800H vs Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850

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AMD Ryzen 7 5800H CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H and the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H 8 core processor released in Q2/2021 with the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 which has 4 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2007.
AMD Ryzen 7 (63) Family Intel Core2 Extreme (7)
AMD Ryzen 5000H (11) CPU group Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6000 (3)
4 Generation 1
Cezanne (Zen 3) Architecture Kentsfield (Core)
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800H is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (4.40 GHz). The processor can compute 16 threads at the same time. The Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 clocks with 3.00 GHz, has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800H Characteristic Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
8 Cores 4
16 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? Yes
3.20 GHz Frequency 3.00 GHz
4.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800H Characteristic Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) GPU no iGPU
0.40 GHz GPU frequency --
1.75 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9 GPU Generation --
7 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
8 Compute units --
512 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

Up to 64 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H, while the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 12.8 GB/s enabled.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800H Characteristic Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
DDR4-3200 Memory DDR3-1066, DDR2-800
64 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
No ECC No
4.00 MB L2 Cache 8.00 MB
16.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
12 PCIe lanes --
11.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800H has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP of the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 is 130 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800H Characteristic Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 130 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
80 W TDP up --
-- TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 7 5800H has 20.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 7 nm. The cache of Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 is at 8.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 65 nm.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800H Characteristic Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
7 nm Technology 65 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions MMX, SSE2, SSE3
FP6 Socket LGA 775
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2021 Release date Q3/2007
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1461 (100%)
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
417 (29%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
8397 (100%)
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1358 (16%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
21288 (100%)
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2271 (11%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
87 (100%)
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
665 (100%)
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1427 (100%)
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
12179 (100%)
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1766 (100%)
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
7816 (100%)
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
560 (100%)
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
5051 (100%)
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.75 GHz
1792 (100%)
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
184 (100%)
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
557 (100%)
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
5156 (100%)
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
235 (100%)
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
2164 (100%)
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
12,179 CB R23 MC @ 75 W
162 (100%)
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850
3.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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