AMD Ryzen 5 4500U vs Intel Core i5-8250U

Processor comparisons 17-03-2021

   If you have difficulties with the choice of a processor, you will solve them by reading the comprehensive tests AMD Ryzen 5 4500U vs Intel Core i5-8250U and decide which is better for games or normal use for streaming, rendering, machine learning, video editing, programming. Here is useful information from several benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A careful review of all the technical characteristics, so that it can be easier to read, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in software tests like Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Furmark, Blender, MATLAB, SuperPi, UserBenchmark, Prime95, AIDA64, 3DMark, Blender, DaVinci Resolve Studio, RealBench, Gears 5, GeekBench 6, 5.2, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Handbrake, PCMark 10, 7zip, PassMark, WPrime, Dolphin Emulator, VeraCrypt.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

Valheim
Borderlands 3
Overwatch
Red Dead Redemption 2
Apex Legends
Rainbow Six Siege
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Fortnite
Grand Theft Auto V
Fallout 76
Cyberpunk 2077
Halo Infinite
DOOM: Eternal
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Death Stranding
Valorant
Last Man Standing
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
Watch Dogs Legion

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i5-8250U or AMD Ryzen 5 4500U.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Ryzen 5 4500U

53%

Core i5-8250U

51%

This parameter shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Ryzen 5 4500U is 3% better than Core i5-8250U. The data source is several popular tests. Detailed information can be found below.

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Ryzen 5 4500U

52%

Core i5-8250U

52%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a low game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of less popular games in which processors were compared: Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Forza Horizon 4, Half-Life: Alyx, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Hitman 3, Battlefield V, DOTA 2A, NBA 2K20, Ghostrunner, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Monster Hunter World, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Control, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), League of Legends (LOL), Metro Exodus, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Horizon Zero Dawn.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	92.9	91.6
Valorant	105.6	104.0
Cyberpunk 2077	59.1	58.3
Apex Legends	99.3	97.8
Call of Duty Warzone	79.2	78.0
Overwatch	85.5	84.3
Red Dead Redemption 2	72.9	71.8
DOOM Eternal	52.8	52.0
Warzone	82.4	81.2
Assassin's Creed	88.7	87.4
Valheim	87.6	86.4

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparing not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Ryzen 5 4500U

244%

Core i5-8250U

199%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 5 4500U is more energy efficient than the Core i5-8250U as it consumes less power: 15W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

Let's say you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, video editing or video rendering, streaming, programming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum efficiency, the processor includes all cores and threads that it has. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to find out whether the program that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that use only one core to run, and all the advantages of multi-core mode are unused.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Ryzen 5 4500U	Intel Core i5-8250U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	176	157
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	894	549
Cinbench 20 Single-core	448	348
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1921	1509
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1151	897
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	5620	3118

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 5 4500U	Intel Core i5-8250U
Single-Core	2452	1990
Multi-Core	11314	6011

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 5 4500U	Intel Core i5-8250U
Single-Core	1102	896
Multi-Core	4821	3494

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. The economy are obvious! Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Ryzen 5 4500U	Intel Core i5-8250U
Announcement date	January 06, 2020	April 01, 2017
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP6	FC-BGA1356
Core name	Renoir	Kaby Lake R
Architecture	x86	x86
Generation	2	8
Turbo Frequency	4 MHz	3.4 MHz
Frequency	2.3 MHz	1.6 MHz
Cores	6	4
Threads	6	8
Bus rate		4 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	4600 millions	1640 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	15 W
Memory type	DDR4 - Up to 3200MHz	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max. Memory		32 Gb
Memory Frequency
Memory bandwidth		37.5 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache	3MB
L3 cache	8MB	6 MB
Overclocking	Yes	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	100-000000084

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Ryzen 5 4500U is 30% better than Core i5-8250U in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Ryzen 5 4500U has 2 more core than Core i5-8250U. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 5 4500U is better: 29
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i5-8250U is better: 5
However, it should be understood that the summary data in the article above do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the testing video and read the reviews of real owners of AMD Ryzen 5 4500U and Intel Core i5-8250U before making a selection which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

• AMD Ryzen 5 4500U specs and review.

• Intel Core i5-8250U specs and review.