AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Core i5-8500T

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i5 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

4357 points
39% slightly better overall score
3124 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6337 points
25% slightly better gaming score
5063 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3730 points
47% significantly better multitasking score
2528 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3577 points
47% significantly better heavy workload score
2428 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

90.31 points
58% significantly higher Blender score
56.83 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4587 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3954 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1288 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1137 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4533 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4152 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1297 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1193 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
100% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
Identical
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
133% significantly lower TDP
35 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
9 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

405th of 1,089
521st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 5500U vs Core i5-8500T comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5500U is faster than the Core i5-8500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8500T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 5500U has more threads. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 5 5500U and Core i5-8500T are identical in this regard. A Ryzen 5 5500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-8500T CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 5500U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8500T. Despite this, the Core i5-8500T has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 5500U.

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 5500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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