Intel Core i5-8365U vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop 4 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

1927 points
3172 points
64% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3320 points
4936 points
48% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1537 points
2640 points
71% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1474 points
2535 points
71% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2419 points
3447 points
42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

638 points
911 points
42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.6 GHz
3.5 GHz
118% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
333% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

731st of 1,089
515th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2017 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i5-8365U vs Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 is faster than the Core i5-8365U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8365U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8365U. Despite this, the Core i5-8365U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8365U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 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 i5-8365U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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