AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS vs Apple A8

Last updated: 2023-04-27

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS		Apple A8
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS or Apple A8 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS was released in Q2/2021. The Apple A8 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Apple A8 was released in Q3/2014.

AMD Ryzen 7 (70)	Family	Apple A series (22)
AMD Ryzen 5000H (11)	CPU group	Apple A8/A8X (2)
4	Generation	8
Cezanne (Zen 3)	Architecture	A8
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	Apple A7
AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS	Successor	Apple A9

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS is 2.80 GHz (4.40 GHz) while the Apple A8 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Apple A8 is at 1.50 GHz.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS	Characteristic	Apple A8
8	Cores	2
16	Threads	2
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.80 GHz	Frequency	1.50 GHz
4.40 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
3.50 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--


NPU AI performance The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS	Characteristic	Apple A8
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--


Integrated graphics (iGPU) The AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS or Apple A8 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)	GPU	Apple A8
0.40 GHz	GPU frequency	0.53 GHz
1.75 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
9	GPU Generation	5
7 nm	Technology	20 nm
3	Max. displays	1
8	Compute units	16
512	Shader	128
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	4 GB
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	Apple A8
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The Apple A8 supports up to 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 12.8 GB/s.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS	Characteristic	Apple A8
LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200	Memory	LPDDR3-1600
64 GB	Max. Memory	1 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	1 (Single Channel)
51.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	12.8 GB/s
No	ECC	No
4.00 MB	L2 Cache	1.00 MB
16.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	--
12	PCIe lanes	--
11.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	--
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS is 35 W, while the Apple A8 has a TDP of 5 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS	Characteristic	Apple A8
35 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	5 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
54 W	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
105 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS is manufactured in 7 nm and has 20.00 MB cache. The Apple A8 is manufactured in 20 nm and has a 5.00 MB cache.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS	Characteristic	Apple A8
7 nm	Technology	20 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	--
FP6	Socket	--
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	None
Yes	AES-NI	No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	iOS
Q2/2021	Release date	Q3/2014
--	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS (100%)

Apple A8 (23%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS (100%)

Apple A8 (8%)

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 5800HS 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1434 (100%)
	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	324 (23%)

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 5800HS 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	7298 (100%)
	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	607 (8%)

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 5800HS 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1766 (100%)
	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	412 (23%)

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 5800HS 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	6750 (100%)
	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	588 (9%)

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 5800HS AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.75 GHz	1792 (100%)
	Apple A8 Apple A8 @ 0.53 GHz	136 (8%)

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 5800HS 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	20624 (100%)
	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	1532 (7%)

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 5800HS 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1339 (100%)
	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 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 5800HS 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	10472 (100%)
	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 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 5800HS 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	522 (100%)
	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 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 5800HS 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	4710 (100%)
	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 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 5800HS 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	182 (100%)
	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 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 5800HS 8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz	4762 (100%)
	Apple A8 2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS	Apple A8
Unknown	Apple iPhone 6 Apple iPhone 6 Plus Apple iPad Mini 4 Apple TV HD Apple HomePod Apple iPod touch (6. Gen)

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