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日本[Comparison] AMD Ryzen 7 6800U vs Ryzen 7 5825U – The Ryzen 7 5825U is the people’s champion
If there’s anything AMD does best right now, it’s efficiency and making laptops last for longer on battery life. That’s very important, especially in more portable and thinner laptops, that can’t exactly bring large battery capacities due to sheer size limitations or even budget constraints.
Their ULV series chips have also been great performers, managing to keep up or even surpass Intel’s 12th Gen in the low TDP space. Today we have their flagship ULV CPU, the Ryzen 7 6800U, which is found in high-end convertibles and thinner laptops. For the more budget options, AMD offers the Ryzen 7 5825U, a Zen 3 chip that still uses the same modern 6nm process and has the same core and thread count.
Today we’re comparing them both to see what the performance is looking like and if the newer Zen 3+ CPU is the better option when all things are considered.
You can find more information about both CPUs here: AMD Ryzen 7 6800U / AMD Ryzen 7 5825U
Specs table
| AMD Ryzen 7 6800U | AMD Ryzen 7 5825U | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Zen 3+ | Zen 3 |
| Cores / Threads | 8/16 | 8/16 |
| Clock Speeds – Base/Boost | 2.70 – 4.70GHz | 2.00 – 4.50GHz |
| Cache | 20MB | 20MB |
| Lithography | 6nm | 6nm |
| TDP | 15-28W | 15W |
| Memory type | DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-6400 | DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267 |
| Integrated GPU | AMD Radeon RX 680M | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R4000/5000, 15W) |
CPU benchmarks
The Ryzen 7 6800U shows some progress in performance, being 12% quicker in 3D Rendering in the Cinebench R23 benchmark. In Photoshop, the newer processor is still faster, albeit by a very small, unnoticeable margin of just 0.2 seconds.
Results are from the Cinebench R23 CPU test (the higher the score, the better)
Results are from our Photoshop benchmark test (the lower the score, the better)
GPU benchmarks
Where the 6000-series improves massively is with the new RDNA 2 integrated graphics, which are miles ahead of the older Vega units in terms of performance. As you can see, the Radeon 680M shows insane leads of 106%, 105%, and 114% in the 3DMark Time Spy, Fire Strike, and Wild Life gaming benchmarks, respectively, as well as a 105% higher score in Unigine Superposition.
Results are from the 3DMark: Time Spy (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Results are from the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Results are from the 3DMark: Wild Life benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Results are from the Unigine Superposition benchmark (higher the score, the better)
Gaming tests
| CS:GO | HD 1080p, Low (Check settings) | HD 1080p, Medium (Check settings) | HD 1080p, MAX (Check settings) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 6800U – Radeon 680M | 166 fps (+20%) | 133 fps (+53%) | 106 fps (+77%) |
| Ryzen 7 5825U – Radeon RX Vega 8 | 138 fps | 87 fps | 60 fps |
| DOTA 2 | HD 1080p, Low (Check settings) | HD 1080p, Normal (Check settings) | HD 1080p, High (Check settings) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 6800U – Radeon 680M | 146 fps (+17%) | 115 fps (+46%) | 81 fps (+80%) |
| Ryzen 7 5825U – Radeon RX Vega 8 | 125 fps | 79 fps | 45 fps |
Conclusion
While the Ryzen 7 6800U is definitely faster in GPU-intensive tasks and generates a smaller lead in computational work, if you’re in the market for a high-end premium device with performance and efficiency, you should definitely look into it. However, if you need bang for the buck performance, the Ryzen 7 5825U is an excellent option, as laptops like the IdeaPad 3 series take perfect advantage of its power and efficiency to give more affordable laptops flagship-like performance.
