Intel Core i5-8500T vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 6 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

3124 points

3172 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5063 points

2% slightly better gaming score

4936 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2528 points

2640 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2428 points

2535 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3954 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3447 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1137 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

911 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4152 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3602 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1193 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1144 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

3.5 GHz

66% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

3.7 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

85% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

Identical

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB

2 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

9 MiB

16 MiB

77% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

521st 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

2018 May

2017 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-8500T vs Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8500T is faster than the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-8500T has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 that has 4 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has more threads than the Core i5-8500T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8500T. Also, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8500T 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8500T. The Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-8500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.