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AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
The Ryzen 7 5800U brought Zen 3 to AMD's 15W ultraportable line in January 2021, keeping the same eight-core, 16-thread layout as the Zen 2 Ryzen 7 5700U while doubling L3 cache to 16MB. Years later it remains a capable everyday chip for older or budget thin-and-light laptops.
Pros
- Full Zen 3 cores bring a clear single-core gain over Zen 2 U-series chips
- 16MB L3 cache, double the Ryzen 7 5700U's, helps multitasking
- Vega 8 graphics cover everyday use and light gaming
- Wide 10-25W configurable TDP fits many chassis designs
Cons
- Single-core performance has been surpassed by later AMD and Intel U-series chips
- DDR4/LPDDR4 memory support is dated next to newer LPDDR5 platforms
- No AV1 hardware decode or dedicated AI accelerator
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
General
- Announced
- 2021
- Process
- 7 nm
- Base TDP
- 15 W
- Max TDP
- 25 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 8
- Performance cores
- 8
- Threads
- 16
- Base clock
- 1.9 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.4 GHz
- L3 cache
- 16 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- AMD Radeon Vega 8
- iGPU clock
- 2,000 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- DDR4-3200 / LPDDR4-4266
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 1,865Bottom 17%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 7,934Bottom 24%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,425Bottom 22%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 8,851Bottom 32%
- PassMark
- 17,953Bottom 44%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)
- 1,142Bottom 42%
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 7 5800U good in 2026?
The AMD Ryzen 7 5800U earns an Inno Score of 49.3/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The Ryzen 7 5800U brought Zen 3 to AMD's 15W ultraportable line in January 2021, keeping the same eight-core, 16-thread layout as the Zen 2 Ryzen 7 5700U while doubling L3 cache to 16MB. Years later it remains a capable everyday chip for older or budget thin-and-light laptops.
Does the AMD Ryzen 7 5800U count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 17,953 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26, 2026), which puts it in Tier B of our CPU tier checker: recent mainstream Core i7 / Ryzen 7, plus older H-series chips. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800U?
Cores: 8 · Threads: 16 · Boost clock: 4.4 GHz · Base TDP: 15 W
What are the closest alternatives to the AMD Ryzen 7 5800U?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Core i5-1340P, Qualcomm Snapdragon X X1-26-100, Intel Core i5-13500H — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
