{"id":92709,"date":"2022-03-15T21:45:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T20:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/?p=92709\/"},"modified":"2023-02-13T17:58:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T16:58:53","slug":"test-of-the-amd-cpu-with-the-biggest-price-drop-the-ryzen-7-5800x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/en\/test-of-the-amd-cpu-with-the-biggest-price-drop-the-ryzen-7-5800x\/","title":{"rendered":"Test of the AMD CPU with the biggest price drop, the Ryzen 7 5800X"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Why did we ignore the Ryzen 7 5800X for a long time and only add it to our tests now? Because it had a higher price, which made other models more attractive. However, thanks to AMD’s recent CPU price cuts, the R7 5800X will have its place in the market even after the release of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D with 3D V-Cache<\/a>. That excellent price\/raw (multi-threaded) performance ratio won’t be taken away from the 5800X.<\/p>\n

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X in detail<\/h2>\n

The 8-core Vermeer, or Ryzen 7 5800X processor, came out already in late 2020. That, along with other Ryzen 5000s<\/a> without an integrated graphics core. It even had the best availability initially. But that’s also to some extent because of the up to $120 higher recommended price than the one generation older Ryzen 7 3700X (also 8 cores\/16 threads)<\/a>. That’s why we avoided this processor and left its analysis for “rainy days”, when there is nothing to test.<\/p>\n

And although there’s definitely no rainy days coming for us when it comes to testing, we can’t put off testing the R7 5800X any longer. Firstly, because this processor has become significantly cheaper. Its Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) has been lowered from $449 to $300<\/a>.The price cuts affected all Vermeer family processors from the Ryzen 5 5600 to the Ryzen 9 5950X<\/a>, but it was the 5800X where AMD projected the most significant percentage drop.<\/p>\n

The fact that AMD will soon release another, also 8-core processor, but with 3D V-Cache<\/a> seems to play a part in the 5800X’s biggest price drop. However, this is to be no successor and in order for the two processors not to cannibalize each other’s sales, the processor with the “normal” cache is significantly cheaper. And that brings us to the second reason why those Ryzen 7 5800X tests couldn’t be put off any longer. The Ryzen 7 5800X3D is coming out next week, and testing it without a direct confrontation with the 5800X wouldn’t be spicy enough.<\/p>\n

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The standard Ryzen 7 5800X has eight cores and sixteen threads (so it supports SMT technology). Compared to the six-core 5600X model, this processor is currently about a hundred euros more expensive, has an official 100 MHz higher base frequency of both all cores (3.8 GHz) and a single core in single-threaded applications. In practice, however, with favorable cooling and no power limits, the all-core boost of the Ryzen 7 5800X is 200-300 MHz higher<\/a>. This is associated with significantly higher power draw. The 5800X’s PPT value is shared with Ryzen 9s, at 142W, while the Ryzen 5’s is only at 88W.<\/p>\n

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Before moving on to the measurements themselves (or our interpretation of the measurements’ conclusions), we have a comparison chart comparing the complete parameters of the Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 5 5600X processors.<\/p>\n

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<\/th><\/th><\/th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Manufacturer <\/td><\/td>AMD <\/td>AMD <\/td><\/tr>
Line <\/td><\/td>Ryzen 7 <\/td>Ryzen 5 <\/td><\/tr>
SKU <\/td><\/td>5800X <\/td>5600X <\/td><\/tr>
Codename <\/td><\/td>Vermeer <\/td>Vermeer <\/td><\/tr>
CPU microarchitecture <\/td><\/td>Zen 3 <\/td>Zen 3 <\/td><\/tr>
Manufacturing node <\/td><\/td>7 nm + 12 nm <\/td>7 nm + 12 nm <\/td><\/tr>
Socket <\/td><\/td>AM4 <\/td>AM4 <\/td><\/tr>
Launch date <\/td><\/td>06\/21\/2020 <\/td>06\/21\/ 2020 <\/td><\/tr>
Launch price <\/td><\/td>449<\/strike> 299 USD * <\/td>299<\/strike> 229 USD * <\/td><\/tr>
Core count <\/td><\/td>8 <\/td>6 <\/td><\/tr>
Thread count <\/td><\/td>16 <\/td>12 <\/td><\/tr>
Base frequency <\/td><\/td>3.8 GHz <\/td>3.7 GHz <\/td><\/tr>
Max. Boost (1 core) <\/td><\/td>4.7 GHz (4.85 GHz unofficially) <\/td>4.6 GHz (4.65 GHz unofficially) <\/td><\/tr>
Max. boost (all-core) <\/td><\/td>N\/A <\/td>N\/A <\/td><\/tr>
Typ boostu <\/td><\/td>PB 2.0 <\/td>PB 2.0 <\/td><\/tr>
L1i cache <\/td><\/td>32 kB\/core <\/td>32 kB\/core <\/td><\/tr>
L1d cache <\/td><\/td>32 kB\/core <\/td>32 kB\/core <\/td><\/tr>
L2 cache <\/td><\/td>512 kB\/core <\/td>512 kB\/core <\/td><\/tr>
L3 cache <\/td><\/td>1\u00d7 32 MB <\/td>1\u00d7 32 MB <\/td><\/tr>
TDP <\/td><\/td>105 W <\/td>65 W <\/td><\/tr>
Max. power draw during boost <\/td><\/td>142 W (PPT) <\/td>88 W (PPT) <\/td><\/tr>
Overclocking support <\/td><\/td>Yes <\/td>Yes <\/td><\/tr>
Memory (RAM) support <\/td><\/td>DDR4-3200 <\/td>DDR4-3200 <\/td><\/tr>
Memory channel count <\/td><\/td>2\u00d7 64 bit <\/td>2\u00d7 64 bit <\/td><\/tr>
RAM bandwidth <\/td><\/td>51.2 GB\/s <\/td>51.2 GB\/s <\/td><\/tr>
ECC RAM support <\/td><\/td>Yes but unofficial <\/td>Yes but unofficial <\/td><\/tr>
PCI Express support <\/td><\/td>4.0 <\/td>4.0 <\/td><\/tr>
PCI Express lanes <\/td><\/td>\u00d716 + \u00d74 <\/td>\u00d716 + \u00d74 <\/td><\/tr>
Chipset downlink <\/td><\/td>PCIe 4.0 \u00d74 <\/td>PCIe 4.0 \u00d74 <\/td><\/tr>
Chipset downlink bandwidth <\/td><\/td>8.0 GB\/s duplex <\/td>8.0 GB\/s duplex <\/td><\/tr>
BCLK <\/td><\/td>100 MHz <\/td>100 MHz <\/td><\/tr>
Die size <\/td><\/td>1\u00d7 80.7 mm\u00b2 + 125 mm\u00b2 <\/td>1\u00d7 80.7 mm\u00b2 + 125 mm\u00b2 <\/td><\/tr>
Transistor count <\/td><\/td>4.15 + 2.09 bn. <\/td>4.15 + 2.09 bn. <\/td><\/tr>
TIM used under IHS <\/td><\/td>Solder <\/td>Solder <\/td><\/tr>
Boxed cooler in package <\/td><\/td>nie <\/td>AMD Wraith Stealth <\/td><\/tr>
Instruction set extensions <\/td><\/td>SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA, SHA, VAES <\/td>SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA, SHA, VAES <\/td><\/tr>
Virtualization <\/td><\/td>AMD-V, IOMMU, NPT <\/td>AMD-V, IOMMU, NPT <\/td><\/tr>
Integrated GPU <\/td><\/td>N\/A <\/td>N\/A <\/td><\/tr>
GPU architecture <\/td><\/td>\u2013 <\/td>\u2013 <\/td><\/tr>
GPU: shader count <\/td><\/td>\u2013 <\/td>\u2013 <\/td><\/tr>
GPU: TMU count <\/td><\/td>\u2013 <\/td>\u2013 <\/td><\/tr>
GPU: ROP count <\/td><\/td>\u2013 <\/td>\u2013 <\/td><\/tr>
GPU frequency <\/td><\/td>\u2013 <\/td>\u2013 <\/td><\/tr>
Display outputs <\/td><\/td>\u2013 <\/td>\u2013 <\/td><\/tr>
Max. resolution <\/td><\/td>\u2013 <\/td>\u2013 <\/td><\/tr>
HW video decode <\/td><\/td>\u2013 <\/td>\u2013 <\/td><\/tr>
HW video encode <\/td><\/td>\u2013 <\/td>\u2013 <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>Wordpress Table Plugin<\/a><\/p>\n
* After official discount by AMD. The suggested price at launch (strickenthrough value) was higher.<\/strong><\/h6>\n