AMD Ryzen 5 8500G vs Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

Ryzen 5 8500G vs Core Ultra 5 226V benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 226V beats the Ryzen 5 8500G in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 8500G in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 226V has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8500G has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8500G has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 226V. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 8500G has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 226V. Also, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 226V has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 8500G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8500G has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 226V.

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.