Intel Core i5-11500H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5529 points

0.14% slightly better overall score

5521 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7840 points

8044 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4827 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

4773 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4665 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

4617 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

125.39 points

159.49 points

27% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6177 points

9444 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1783 points

2354 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz

3.55 GHz

22% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

5 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

290th of 1,089

291st of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-11500H vs Ryzen 5 8500G benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-11500H beats the Ryzen 5 8500G in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 8500G in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11500H. Also, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-11500H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 8500G CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-11500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.