AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Benchmark, Test and specs

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The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G has 6 cores with 12 threads and is based on the 6. gen of the AMD Ryzen 5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the AM5 (LGA 1718) socket and was released in Q1/2024. The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G scores 1,965 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 8,768 points.
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

At a glance

Name: AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
Family: AMD Ryzen 5 (93)
CPU group: AMD Ryzen 8000G (14)
Architecture: Phoenix (Zen 4)
Technology: 4 nm
Segment: Desktop
Generation: 6
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 8500G is 4.10 GHz (5.00 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 6 / 12
Core architecture: hybrid (big.LITTLE)
A-Core: 2x Zen 4
B-Core: 4x Zen 4c
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
A-Core Frequency: 4.10 GHz (5.00 GHz)
B-Core Frequency: 3.20 GHz (3.70 GHz)

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD Ryzen 5 8500G uses the AMD Radeon 740M, which has 256 texture shaders and 4 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: AMD Radeon 740M
GPU frequency: 0.80 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 2.80 GHz
Compute units: 4
Shader: 256
Hardware Raytracing: Yes
Release date: Q3/2023
Max. displays: 4
Generation: 10
Direct X: 12
Technology: 4 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 32 GB
Frame Generation: AMD FSR

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode
VP9: Decode
AV1: Decode / Encode
AVC: Decode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 256 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 83.2 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR5-5200
83.2 GB/s
Max. Memory: 256 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 4.0 x 14
PCIe Bandwidth: 27.6 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 65 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: 45 W
Tjunction max.: 95 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G is made in 4 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 22.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 4 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: AM5 (LGA 1718)
L2-Cache: 6.00 MB
L3-Cache: 16.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Virtualization: AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
Release date: Q1/2024
Release price: 179 $
Part Number: 100-100001491
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

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Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
6C 12T @ 4.70 GHz
102
Intel Core i5-12400 Intel Core i5-12400
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
102
Intel Core i5-12400F Intel Core i5-12400F
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
102
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz
101
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8600G AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8600G
6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz
101
AMD Ryzen 5 8600G AMD Ryzen 5 8600G
6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz
101
Intel Core i5-12500T Intel Core i5-12500T
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz
101

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5750G AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5750G
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
770
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
8C 16T @ 4.10 GHz
765
AMD Ryzen 7 5700 AMD Ryzen 7 5700
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
764
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz
742
Intel Core i7-11700 Intel Core i7-11700
8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
742
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
736
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
734

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.
AMD Ryzen 7 8700F AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
2720
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
2720
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX
96C 192T @ 5.10 GHz
2714
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz
2686
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz
2682
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 AMD Ryzen 5 7600
6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz
2682
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7975WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7975WX
32C 64T @ 5.30 GHz
2681

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.
Intel Core i7-12700T Intel Core i7-12700T
12C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
11303
Intel Core i9-11900KF Intel Core i9-11900KF
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
11167
Intel Core i7-12700TE Intel Core i7-12700TE
12C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
11080
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
6C 12T @ 4.45 GHz
11063
Intel Core i9-9960X Intel Core i9-9960X
16C 32T @ 4.10 GHz
11020
Intel Core i9-10920X Intel Core i9-10920X
12C 24T @ 4.40 GHz
10960
AMD Ryzen 5 7400F AMD Ryzen 5 7400F
6C 12T @ 4.10 GHz
10956

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-12900K Intel Core i9-12900K
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
1990
Intel Core i9-12900 Intel Core i9-12900
16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz
1968
Intel Core i9-12900F Intel Core i9-12900F
16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz
1968
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz
1965
Intel Core i5-12600 Intel Core i5-12600
6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz
1958
Intel Core i5-13600K Intel Core i5-13600K
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz
1955
Intel Core i5-13600KF Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz
1955

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3
8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz
8782
Intel Core i9-9900K Intel Core i9-9900K
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
8779
Intel Core i9-9900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF
8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
8779
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
6C 12T @ 4.45 GHz
8768
Intel Core i9-10900T Intel Core i9-10900T
10C 20T @ 3.70 GHz
8743
Intel Xeon Gold 5215 Intel Xeon Gold 5215
10C 20T @ 2.50 GHz
8742
AMD Ryzen 7 4700G AMD Ryzen 7 4700G
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
8732

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir) @ 1.90 GHz
1702
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G
AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.30 GHz
1664
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350GE
AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.20 GHz
1536
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
AMD Radeon 740M @ 2.80 GHz
1434
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500G
AMD Radeon 740M @ 2.80 GHz
1434
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8500GE
AMD Radeon 740M @ 2.80 GHz
1434
AMD Ryzen 5 5500H AMD Ryzen 5 5500H
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir) @ 1.80 GHz
1383

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5750GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5750GE
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
22074
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
21955
Intel Core i9-9900X Intel Core i9-9900X
10C 20T @ 4.30 GHz
21882
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
6C 12T @ 4.45 GHz
21862
Intel Core i9-10910 Intel Core i9-10910
10C 20T @ 3.60 GHz
21840
Intel Xeon Gold 6130T Intel Xeon Gold 6130T
16C 32T @ 2.60 GHz
21822
Intel Core i7-12700T Intel Core i7-12700T
12C 20T @ 3.20 GHz
21720

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