AMD Ryzen 5 8500G vs Intel Core Ultra 7 268V

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
5659 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8044 points
8803 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4773 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
4696 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4617 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
4485 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

159.49 points
37% slightly higher Blender score
116.39 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9444 points
9715 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2354 points
2434 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.55 GHz
61% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

291st of 1,089
279th of 1,089

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 268V comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 8500G performs better than the Core Ultra 7 268V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 268V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 268V has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 268V has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8500G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8500G has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 268V. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 8500G has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 268V. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 268V has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8500G has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 268V.

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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