AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS vs Intel Core i5-8500

Ryzen 7 4800HS vs Core i5-8500 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 4800HS is faster than the Core i5-8500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 4800HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-8500 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-8500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 4800HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 4800HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 4800HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-8500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 4800HS has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-8500. Despite this, the Core i5-8500 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 4800HS.

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 4800HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.