AMD Ryzen 5 8500G: A Surprisingly Fascinating Sub-$200 CPU

Written by Michael Larabel in Processors on 7 February 2024 at 10:20 AM EST. Page 12 of 13. 89 Comments.
7-Zip Compression benchmark with settings of Test: Compression Rating. Ryzen 9 7950X3D was the fastest.
7-Zip Compression benchmark with settings of Test: Decompression Rating. Ryzen 9 7950X was the fastest.
7-Zip Compression benchmark with settings of Test: Decompression Rating. Ryzen 9 7950X was the fastest.
7-Zip Compression benchmark with settings of Test: Decompression Rating. Ryzen 9 7950X was the fastest.
QuantLib benchmark with settings of Configuration: Multi-Threaded. Core i9 14900K was the fastest.
QuantLib benchmark with settings of Configuration: Multi-Threaded. Core i9 14900K was the fastest.
QuantLib benchmark with settings of Configuration: Multi-Threaded. Core i9 14900K was the fastest.

The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G was very interesting for its $179 price target and combination of Zen 4 and Zen 4C cores able to deliver very competitive performance against 14th Gen Intel Core CPUs while also delivering leading power efficiency.


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