AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs AMD A10-5800K

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 3800X and AMD A10-5800K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 4.5 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1283 vs 523
  • 6.1x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 9002 vs 1469
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 July 2019 vs 26 September 2012
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1283 vs 523
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 9002 vs 1469

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-5800K

  • Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 105 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
CPU 2: AMD A10-5800K

Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1283
523
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
9002
1469
Name AMD Ryzen 7 3800X AMD A10-5800K
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1283 523
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 9002 1469
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 6209 0
PassMark - Single thread mark 1491
PassMark - CPU mark 2956
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.37
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 9.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.206
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.594
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 3.484
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2453
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5148
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1020
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2453
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5148

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X AMD A10-5800K

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Trinity
Family Ryzen 7
Launch date 7 July 2019 26 September 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $122
OPN PIB 100-100000025BOX
OPN Tray 100-000000025
Place in performance rating 1208 1814
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Series AMD A-Series (Desktop)

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.9 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 4096 KB
L3 cache 32 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 4.5 GHz 4.2 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 16 4
Unlocked
Die size 246 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C
Transistor count 1303 Million

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 3200 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR3

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 100 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 24
PCI Express revision 4.0
PCIe configurations x16

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)