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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 5 1500X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 7 5800X is 1304 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 5 1500X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 5800X - 65 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
- Performs up to 229% better in Cities: Skylines II than Ryzen 5 1500X - 56 vs 17 FPS
- Up to 19% cheaper than Ryzen 5 1500X - £178.0 vs £220.0
- Up to 75% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Ryzen 5 1500X - £3.18 vs £12.94 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 1500X - 16 vs 8 threads
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Desktop CPU-AM4(Quad Core,3.5GHz -3.7GHz Turbo,65W)
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Ryzen 7 5800X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
56
100%
Value, £/FPS
£3.18/FPS
100%
Price, £
£178
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Processor (8C/16T, 36MB Cache, Up to 4.7 GHz Max Boost)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 5 1500X
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
Ryzen 7 5800X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X | vs | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 11th, 2017 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Vermeer |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 8 |
| 8 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 35.0x | Multiplier | 38.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 1500X or Ryzen 7 5800X
Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
17 FPS
£117.14/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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£1,991.41
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5 FPS
£213.2/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 7 5800X
8 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,065.99
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17 FPS
£134.7/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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£2,289.95
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17 FPS
£107.06/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 500 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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£1,819.95
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17 FPS
£118.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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£2,009.95
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