AMD Ryzen 5 8500G vs Intel Core Ultra 5 236V

Ryzen 5 8500G vs Core Ultra 5 236V specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 236V performs better than the Ryzen 5 8500G. 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 236V 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 236V. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 236V. Also, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 236V 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 236V.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8500G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.