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Intel Core i5-8265U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Last updated: 2026-07-01

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 61 %

Intel Core i5-8265U

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 34 %

Intel Core i5-8265U

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

606 pts

6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz

1,396 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

1,674 pts

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

10,940 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

1,286

6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz

1,928

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

3,267

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

8,027

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

909

6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz

1,355

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

2,806

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

5,979

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

146

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

390

6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz

584

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 1.60 GHz

1,737

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

4,643

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

171 cb

6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz

221 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

549 cb

6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz

1,714 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8265U	AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	AMD Ryzen 5 (100)
CPU group	Intel Core i 8000U (WL) (8)	AMD Ryzen 5000G (17)
Architecture	Whiskey Lake U	Cezanne (Zen 3)
Technology	14 nm	7 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket	BGA 1356	AM4 (PGA 1331)
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8265U	AMD Ryzen 5 5500
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	6 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	6x
Frequency:	1.60 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.90 GHz	4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	2.30 GHz
L2-Cache		3.00 MB
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	16.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8265U	AMD Ryzen 5 5500
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 620	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	16 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q3/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8265U	AMD Ryzen 5 5500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8265U	AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 24
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	23.6 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8265U	AMD Ryzen 5 5500
TDP	15 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down		45 W
T. junction max.		95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8265U	AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q3/2018	Q2/2022
Release price	385 $	159 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i5-8265U is 3.8 stars (86 ratings), while AMD Ryzen 5 5500 has received 4.3 stars (296 ratings).

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Intel Core i5-8265U
4C / 8T · 1.60 - 3.90 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen 5 5500
6C / 12T · 3.60 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★