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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800U. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
2022-09-20
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
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2021-01-12
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 7520U or AMD Ryzen 7 5800U? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U has a base frequency of 2.8 GHz. 4 / 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 15 W. Released in 2022-09-20.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800U has a base frequency of 1.9 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 15 W. Released in 2021-01-12.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
Report a bug
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 47% better clock speed

    2.8 GHz left arrow 1.9 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 7520U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    938 place
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    113 left arrow place
  • More number of cores

    4 more cores

    8 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 2 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4.4 GHz left arrow 4.3 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 5800U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    104 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    128 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    78 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    131 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    173 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    190 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    82 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 7000U left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000U
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Ryzen
  • Form Factor
    Laptops / Desktops left arrow Laptops / Desktops
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 4
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Series
    Ryzen 7000 Series left arrow Ryzen 5000 Series
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    2.8 GHz left arrow 1.9 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Core Configuration
    4x Zen 2 left arrow -
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 8
  • CPU Threads
    8 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4.3 GHz left arrow 4.4 GHz
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.3 GHz left arrow 4.4 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
    3.4 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    - left arrow 3.4 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    2 left arrow 8
  • Generation
    9 left arrow 9
  • GPU Frequency
    1900 MHz left arrow 2000 MHz
  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon 610M left arrow AMD Radeon Graphics
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Graphics Cores
    2 left arrow 8
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    8 GB left arrow 2 GB
  • Release date
    Q3/2022 left arrow Q1/2020
  • Shader
    128 left arrow 512
  • Technology
    6 nm left arrow 7 nm
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    Decode left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 5800U and AMD Ryzen 5 7520U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    16 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • Memory Bandwidth
    44 GB/s left arrow -
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    LPDDR5 left arrow DDR4 - Up to 3200 / LPDDR4 - Up to 4266
  • PCIe
    PCIe 3.0 left arrow PCIe 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 12
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 7520U and AMD Ryzen 7 5800U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Default TDP
    15 W left arrow 15 W
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    100 °C left arrow 105 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    15 W left arrow 15 W
  • TDP down
    8 W left arrow 10 W
  • TDP up
    - left arrow 25 W
  • Configurable TDP
    - left arrow 10-25 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 7520U and AMD Ryzen 7 5800U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Mendocino (Zen 2) left arrow Cezanne (Zen 3)
  • Chip design
    Chiplet left arrow -
  • Codename
    Mendocino left arrow Cezanne
  • Documents
    Technical data sheet left arrow -
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    2 MB left arrow 4 MB
  • L3-Cache
    4 MB left arrow 16 MB
  • Operating systems
    Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux left arrow Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
  • Part Number
    100-000000770 left arrow -
  • Release date
    2022-09-20 left arrow 2021-01-12
  • Socket
    FT6 left arrow FP6
  • Technology
    TSMC 6nm FinFET left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    - left arrow 100-000000285

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

AMD Ryzen 7 5800U

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 8 threads / linux

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 3741.170837 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 8 threads / linux
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Linux x86_64
Motherboard: HP / 8861
Duration: 267.296 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

RandomX / XMRig 6.22.0 / 10M / 2 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U 996.251405 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.22.0 / 10M / 2 threads / windows
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / M3402WFA
Duration: 10037.627 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Cinebench R23 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 8154 points System: Asus ZenBook 13 UM325S via Asus Deutschland
CPU / power label: R7 5800U 30 W / 25 W
Graphics: Vega 8
RAM: 16 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R23 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 1427 points System: Asus ZenBook 13 UM325S via Asus Deutschland
CPU / power label: R7 5800U 30 W / 25 W
Graphics: Vega 8
RAM: 16 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 3303 points System: Asus ZenBook 13 UM325S via Asus Deutschland
CPU / power label: R7 5800U 30 W / 25 W
Graphics: Vega 8
RAM: 16 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 555 points System: Asus ZenBook 13 UM325S via Asus Deutschland
CPU / power label: R7 5800U 30 W / 25 W
Graphics: Vega 8
RAM: 16 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R15 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 1522 points System: Asus ZenBook 13 UM325S via Asus Deutschland
CPU / power label: R7 5800U 30 W / 25 W
Graphics: Vega 8
RAM: 16 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R15 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 227 points System: Asus ZenBook 13 UM325S via Asus Deutschland
CPU / power label: R7 5800U 30 W / 25 W
Graphics: Vega 8
RAM: 16 GB
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 7520U and AMD Ryzen 7 5800U.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

383.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
2048.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U

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