AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs AMD 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 339.99
$ 155.73
$ 184.26 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6549 points
18% slightly better overall score
5521 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7888 points
8044 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6111 points
28% slightly better multitasking score
4773 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5988 points
29% slightly better heavy workload score
4617 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6209 points
19% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5215 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.59 points
16% slightly higher Blender score
159.49 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8236 points
9444 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1703 points
2354 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed
3.55 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
5 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
65 W
61% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
6 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

218th of 1,089
291st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 7 3800X vs Ryzen 5 8500G comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 8500G beats the Ryzen 7 3800X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 3800X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 3800X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8500G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8500G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 3800X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 8500G. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 8500G has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 3800X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3800X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 8500G.

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 7 3800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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