AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Compare AMD Ryzen Z1 8 core CPU vs AMD 6 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

6328 points

14% slightly better overall score

5521 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7752 points

8044 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5895 points

23% slightly better multitasking score

4773 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5789 points

25% slightly better heavy workload score

4617 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6531 points

25% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5215 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

169.56 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

159.49 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9595 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

9444 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2167 points

2354 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz

3.55 GHz

7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W

132% significantly lower TDP

65 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

Identical

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

234th of 1,089

291st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Z1

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Ryzen 5 8500G comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme is faster 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 Z1 Extreme has slightly more cores with 8 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 Z1 Extreme. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 8500G. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 Z1 Extreme has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.