Intel Core Ultra 7 155U vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 12 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

4819 points
5521 points
14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7087 points
8044 points
13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4161 points
4773 points
14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4014 points
4617 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

94.95 points
159.49 points
67% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
100% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

14
16% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.55 GHz
69% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

10 MiB
66% significantly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

364th of 1,089
291st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR5

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core Ultra 7 155U vs Ryzen 5 8500G comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 8500G beats the Core Ultra 7 155U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 155U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 155U has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8500G has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8500G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 155U. Also, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 155U has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8500G has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 155U.

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. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 155U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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