AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS vs Intel Core i5-8500T

Ryzen 7 4800HS vs Core i5-8500T benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 4800HS performs better than the Core i5-8500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8500T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 4800HS has slightly more cores than the Core i5-8500T. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 4800HS has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-8500T. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8500T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 4800HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8500T. Also, the Ryzen 7 4800HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8500T outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 4800HS 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 7 4800HS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8500T. Despite this, the Core i5-8500T 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.