AMD Ryzen 5 8500G vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 16 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
11380 points
106% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8044 points
10581 points
31% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4773 points
11723 points
145% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4617 points
11982 points
159% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5215 points
15023 points
188% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

159.49 points
538.07 points
237% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
32
166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.55 GHz
42% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5.4 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

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
16 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
64 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

291st of 1,089
61st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 January
-

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Ryzen 5 8500G vs Ryzen 9 9955HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 9955HX performs better than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8500G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 9955HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8500G has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 9955HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 8500G thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 8500G. The Ryzen 9 9955HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

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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