Intel Pentium 8500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U

Processor comparisons 10-01-2022

   Perhaps you can't decide which CPU to buy, you can make a decision after reading the detailed tests Intel Pentium 8500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U and decide which is better for games or simple use for programming, rendering, streaming, machine learning, video editing. Here you can find useful information from many benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A thorough analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in software tests like PassMark, WPrime, Handbrake, Blender, 7zip, RealBench, Prime95, SuperPi, Gears 5, Blender, MATLAB, GeekBench 6, 5.2, AIDA64, Furmark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Dolphin Emulator, VeraCrypt, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, PCMark 10, UserBenchmark, 3DMark.
   And how good the processors are in games:

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

After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which processor is better to buy for gaming AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U or Intel Pentium 8500.

Summary benchmark results

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

Pentium 8500

54%

Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U

53%

This value shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, Pentium 8500 is 1% better than Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U. The data source is several popular tests. More detailed information of the benchmarks is below.

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium 8500

53%

Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U

53%

For the maximum in this test, the results of the most powerful processor in the site database are taken. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a low game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which CPU comparisons were performed: League of Legends (LOL), NBA 2K20, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Control, Ghostrunner, DOTA 2A, Forza Horizon 4, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Horizon Zero Dawn, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Monster Hunter World, Metro Exodus, Battlefield V, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Half-Life: Alyx, Hitman 3.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	93.7	94.2
Valorant	106.4	107.0
Cyberpunk 2077	59.6	59.9
Apex Legends	100.0	100.6
Call of Duty Warzone	79.8	80.2
Overwatch	86.2	86.7
Red Dead Redemption 2	73.4	73.8
DOOM Eternal	53.2	53.5
Warzone	83.0	83.5
Assassin's Creed	89.4	89.9
Valheim	88.3	88.8

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 amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 4K, 2K or FullHD. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Pentium 8500

369%

Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U

266%

To make a finishing resolution on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Pentium 8500 is more energy efficient than the Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U as it consumes less power: 9W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to know its TDP. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

Let's say you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for machine learning, streaming, programming, video rendering or video editing, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum efficiency, the CPU includes all cores and threads that it has. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the software you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that can use only one core to work, 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

	Intel Pentium 8500	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	184	159
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	1348	1272
Cinbench 20 Single-core	441	282
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	3062	527
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1035	1171
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	10094	6537

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

	Intel Pentium 8500	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
Single-Core	2421	2495
Multi-Core	14131	12875

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

	Intel Pentium 8500	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
Single-Core	998	1199
Multi-Core	5542	6036

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most useful. The newer the processor, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, thereby 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.

	Intel Pentium 8500	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
Announcement date	January 07, 2022	April 01, 2020
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1744	FP6
Core name	Alder Lake-U	Renoir
Architecture	x86	Zen 2
Generation	12	3
Turbo Frequency	4.4 MHz	4 MHz
Frequency	1 MHz	2.1 MHz
Cores	5	6
Threads	6	12
Bus rate	8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	10 nm	7 nm
Transistors count	9800 millions	4600 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	9 W	15 W
Memory type	Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s Up to LPDDR5 5200 MT/s Up to LPDDR4x 4267 MT/s	DDR4 - Up to 3200MHz
Max. Memory	32 Gb
Memory Frequency
Memory bandwidth	45.8 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache		3MB
L3 cache	24 MB	8MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number		100-000000103

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U is 52% better than Pentium 8500 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U has 1 more core than Pentium 8500. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium 8500 is better: 14
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U is better: 21
Although it should be realized that all the number in the text above do not mean that taking them into account you should totally trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch the testing video and read the opinion of real owners of Intel Pentium 8500 and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U before deciding which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

Intel Pentium 8500 - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Pentium 8500 specs and review.

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U specs and review.