Intel Core i5-1245U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Core i5-1245U vs Ryzen 5 8500G benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 8500G performs better than the Core i5-1245U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1245U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-1245U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8500G has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1245U. Also, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-1245U 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. In terms of cache, the Core i5-1245U has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 8500G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8500G has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-1245U.

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 i5-1245U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.