We’ve already looked at the Ryzen 5000 with 12 and 16 cores, and now we’re going to try AMD’s newest 8-core CPU, the Ryzen 7 5800X. We’re still going down the product line because the Ryzen 9 5900X and 5950X have impressed us so far. With a high IPC and 8 cores and 16 threads, it’s not possible for something to go wrong. You could even say that’s the best place for games. The cost is what’s wrong. It costs $450, which is only $100 less than the 5900X. That saves you almost 20%, but you lose 33% of the cores. The 5900X costs $46 per core, but the 5800X costs $56 per core, which is 22% more than the 5900X and even 12% more than the 5950X.
There is an easy reason why AMD has placed the 5800X so poorly: it wouldn’t make sense for them to sell it for less. You probably already know that Ryzen processors are made up of several chiplets, which are smaller dies, instead of a single large die like Intel processors. For Zen 3, a CCD, or “Core Complex Die,” has 8 cores. This means that a CPU like the 5950X has two CCDs with all eight cores turned on, giving it an 8+8 core setup. Next, there’s a third die called the I/O die. It has the PCIe 4.0 root-complex, the dual-channel DDR4 memory controller, and some SoC features like SATA and USB ports.
[content-egg-block template=offers_logo hide=price]Specifications
- Brand AMD
- CPU Manufacturer AMD
- CPU Model AMD Ryzen 7
- CPU Speed 4.7 GHz
- CPU Socket Socket AM4
Where to Get AMD Ryzen 7 5800X?
In this section, you will find the geometric mean of our gaming tests conducted at 1080p and 1440p, with each resolution being separated into its own set of charts. For the purpose of minimising the effects of bottlenecks caused by graphics, we conducted our tests using an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090. Please be aware that these deltas will decrease as the resolution of the screen increases or as the GPU power decreases.
With regard to our overall measurement of 1080p gaming performance, the Ryzen 7 5800X and the Ryzen 5 5600X are very identical in terms of their performance at both stock and overclocked settings. Despite the fact that the 5800X offers framerates that are marginally higher than the 99th percentile, the deltas are not statistically significant enough to change the choice to purchase. We observe a similar pattern in our 1440p results, which makes the decision simple if you are simply interested in gaming: the Ryzen 5 5600X, which is now our top recommendation in our list of the Best CPUs for Gaming, is the chip that you should purchase. When it comes to gaming, there is no discernible difference between these two chips by any stretch of the imagination.