AMD Ryzen 5 8500G vs Intel Core i5-12450HX

Compare AMD 6 core CPU vs Intel 8 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

5521 points
5938 points
7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8044 points
8351 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4773 points
5219 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4617 points
5059 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

159.49 points
21% slightly higher Blender score
131.60 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.55 GHz
47% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
55 W
18% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
7 MiB
16% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

291st of 1,089
255th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 January
2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 8500G vs Core i5-12450HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 8500G performs better than the Core i5-12450HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12450HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12450HX has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 8500G that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450HX. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-12450HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8500G has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12450HX.

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 8500G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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