Ryzen 5 3450U vs Core i5-8500 comparison
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-8500 performs better than the Ryzen 5 3450U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3450U in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-8500 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3450U. Indeed, the Core i5-8500 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3450U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3450U has more threads than the Core i5-8500. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-8500 has a much higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3450U. Also, the Core i5-8500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3450U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-8500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3450U has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i5-8500. Despite this, the Core i5-8500 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 3450U.
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 Ryzen 5 3450U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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