AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Written analysis

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G at a glance

The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G is based on the Phoenix2 architecture and is manufactured using the 4 nm process at TSMC. It uses the AM5 socket with X670E, X670, B650E, B650, A620 chipsets, PCIe Gen 4, 14 Lanes (CPU only), and DDR5 memory up to 5200 MT/s across Dual-channel memory. It has 6 cores at 3.50–5.00 GHz and 12 threads. Cache is 1024 kB L2 and 16 MB L3.

This is a Mobile processor using consumer memory and expansion standards. Its workload suitability is better described by the measured application and gaming scores below than by core count alone.

Power is relatively modest at 65 W base and 61 W maximum, making compact cooling easier than on higher-power parts.

Integrated graphics: Radeon 740M with 4 GPU cores. That is enough for display output, desktop work, and lighter games without a discrete GPU.

Best fit: Balanced everyday systems that benefit from usable display output without requiring a discrete GPU.

Application performance

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G is a budget CPU, at 31.34% of the dataset’s best application performance. Best for browsing, office work, and media.

Application value is balanced at 64.0 performance per dollar.

Gaming performance

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G is a budget gaming CPU, at 57.31% of the dataset’s best 1080p CPU-limited gaming. Keep the GPU in the same class.

Gaming value is exceptional at 76.8 performance per dollar.