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AMD Ryzen 7 5800 vs Ryzen 7 5800XT — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 7 5800XT is ahead of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 on all 2 shared benchmarks on file, by 5% to 9%, including 9% in PassMark CPU Mark (28,041 vs 25,691).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 and the Ryzen 7 5800XT. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Specs side-by-side

SpecAMD Ryzen 7 5800Ryzen 7 5800XT
cores —8
threads —16
base clock ghz —3.8
boost clock ghz —4.8
tdp w —105
l3 cache mb —32
process nm —7
socket —AMD Socket AM4

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Electronic Clinic, TopCPU.net and PassMark; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkAMD Ryzen 7 5800Ryzen 7 5800XT
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better)
Source: Electronic Clinic		 13,973 points—
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better)
Source: Electronic Clinic		 1,566 points—
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better)
Source: TopCPU.net		 —9,519 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better)
Source: TopCPU.net		 —2,205 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 25,691 pts28,041 points
PassMark Single Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 3,381 pts3,534 points
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 3,377 points—
PassMark Single-Thread (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —3,534 points

Quick answers

Which is faster, the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 or the Ryzen 7 5800XT?

The Ryzen 7 5800XT is ahead of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800 on all 2 shared benchmarks on file, by 5% to 9%, including 9% in PassMark CPU Mark (28,041 vs 25,691).

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