Intel Pentium 8500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U

Processor comparisons 10-01-2022

   Perhaps you are thinking about choosing a processor, you will be able to make a choice by looking at the Intel Pentium 8500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U tests and see which is better for games or normal use for video editing, streaming, programming, machine learning, rendering. Here is all information from many benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A careful analysis of all the specifications, so that it can be easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in software tests such as WPrime, AIDA64, Furmark, 7zip, Blender, GeekBench 6, 5.2, MATLAB, UserBenchmark, Dolphin Emulator, Prime95, DaVinci Resolve Studio, 3DMark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Gears 5, Blender, Handbrake, SuperPi, RealBench, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), VeraCrypt, PCMark 10, PassMark.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

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

After looking at the data of joint benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 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 5650U

54%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium 8500

53%

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U

53%

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 other games in which CPU comparisons were performed: Microsoft Flight Simulator, League of Legends (LOL), NBA 2K20, Hitman 3, Metro Exodus, Horizon Zero Dawn, Ghostrunner, Control, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Monster Hunter World, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), DOTA 2A, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Battlefield V, Half-Life: Alyx, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Forza Horizon 4.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	93.7	94.9
Valorant	106.4	107.8
Cyberpunk 2077	59.6	60.4
Apex Legends	100.0	101.3
Call of Duty Warzone	79.8	80.8
Overwatch	86.2	87.3
Red Dead Redemption 2	73.4	74.4
DOOM Eternal	53.2	53.9
Warzone	83.0	84.1
Assassin's Creed	89.4	90.5
Valheim	88.3	89.5

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 comparisons not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, 4K or FullHD. Therefore, 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

Pentium 8500

369%

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U

329%

To make a final resolution 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 Pentium 8500 is more energy efficient than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U as it consumes less power: 9W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you need to know its TDP. It is necessary to count 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 video rendering or video editing, machine learning, streaming, programming, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the processor turns on all cores and threads that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum performance. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to find out whether the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that can use only one core to work, and all the benefit of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.

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 5650U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	184	170
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	1348	1361
Cinbench 20 Single-core	441	302
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	3062	564
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1035	1253
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	10094	6995

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

	Intel Pentium 8500	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U
Single-Core	2421	2670
Multi-Core	14131	15986

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

	Intel Pentium 8500	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U
Single-Core	998	1481
Multi-Core	5542	6716

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The newer the processor, 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. When the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in the newest games. Accordingly, there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The savings are obvious!

	Intel Pentium 8500	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U
Announcement date	January 07, 2022	March 16, 2021
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1744	FP6
Core name	Alder Lake-U	Cezanne
Architecture	x86	Zen 3
Generation	12	3
Turbo Frequency	4.4 MHz	4.2 MHz
Frequency	1 MHz	2.3 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		100-000000290

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U is 56% better than Pentium 8500 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 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: 12
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U is better: 23
Although it should be realized that the summary data in the text above do not mean that taking them into account you should completely trust a simple quantitative comparison. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the opinion of real owners of Intel Pentium 8500 and AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U before making a selection which of the processors to buy for gaming.

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 5650U - all data

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

• AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U specs and review.