Intel Core i9-11900H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5635 points
2% slightly better overall score
5521 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8064 points
0.25% slightly better gaming score
8044 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4910 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
4773 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4760 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
4617 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6050 points
16% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5215 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

144.70 points
159.49 points
10% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.55 GHz
42% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5 GHz
2% 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

2
Identical
2

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

283rd of 1,089
291st of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
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

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i9-11900H vs Ryzen 5 8500G benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 8500G beats the Core i9-11900H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11900H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-11900H 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11900H. Also, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-11900H 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.

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 i9-11900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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