Intel Core i7-7820X vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 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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AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Price

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$ 349.99

$ 155.73

$ 194.26 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5865 points

3% slightly better overall score

5649 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7275 points

8095 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5393 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

4923 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5258 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

4766 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5958 points

14% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5215 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

165.28 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

159.49 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7802 points

9444 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1416 points

2354 points

66% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

1% slightly higher clock speed

3.55 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

5 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

65 W

115% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

11 MiB

16 MiB

45% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

272nd of 1,107

293rd of 1,107

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-7820X vs Ryzen 5 8500G specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-7820X performs better than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8500G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-7820X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8500G has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7820X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 8500G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 8500G outputs less heat than Core i7-7820X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-7820X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.