AMD Ryzen 5 8500G vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 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

5922 points

7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8044 points

9414 points

17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4773 points

4857 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4617 points

4631 points

0.30% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

159.49 points

31% slightly higher Blender score

121.07 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9444 points

9727 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2354 points

2431 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.55 GHz

61% significantly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

4.8 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB

14 MiB

133% significantly 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

295th of 1,092

259th of 1,092

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 January

2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

DDR5-8533

Ryzen 5 8500G vs Core Ultra 7 256V benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 8500G is faster than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 256V 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 7 256V. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8500G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V. Also, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 256V has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 8500G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8500G has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V.

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.