AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i5 8300H

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5500, vs Intel Core i5 8300H. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and Intel Core i5 8300H
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
1358
Intel Core i5 8300H
1077
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
10412
Intel Core i5 8300H
4435
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
78
Intel Core i5 8300H
n/a
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
549
Intel Core i5 8300H
n/a
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
3057
Intel Core i5 8300H
2262
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
19342
Intel Core i5 8300H
7407
Integer Math65.2 GOps/s24.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math36.8 GOps/s15.4 GOps/s
Prime Number Search57 M primes/s23 M primes/s
Random String Sort24.7 M strings/s13.5 M strings/s
Data Encryption14.9 GB/s2.5 GB/s
Data Compression245.5 MB/s102.3 MB/s
Physics898 frames/s498 frames/s
Extended Instructions172 M matrices/s65 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
1961
Intel Core i5 8300H
1373
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
8220
Intel Core i5 8300H
4114
File Compression819.4 MB/s378.3 MB/s
Clang Compilation61.3 KLines/s23.4 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser147.3 pages/s96 pages/s
PDF Rendering233.2 MP/sec119 MP/sec
Text Processing191.9 pages/s132.9 pages/s
Background Blur40.4 frames/s21.6 frames/s
Photo Processing61.4 frames/s40.2 frames/s
Ray Tracing15.4 MP/sec5.22 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5500
143.63
Intel Core i5 8300H
54.53

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 126.5 PPW 91.4 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 297.6 PPW 164.6 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 8.4 PPW n/a
Blender / W 2.21 PPW 1.21 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced March, 15, 2022 April, 3, 2018
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Coffee Lake
Model number n/a i5-8300H
Integrated GPU No UHD Graphics 630

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 4
Threads 12 8
Frequency 3.6 GHz 2.3 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.2 GHz 4 GHz
General
Cores count64
Threads count128
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Bandwidthn/a8 GT/s
Multiplier36x23x
L1 cache64 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core256 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total8 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Process tech. 7 nm 14 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 45 W
Socket AM4 BGA-1440
Critical temp. 90 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-3200 - DDR4-2666
- LPDDR3-2133
Max Size 128 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 47.68 GB 41.8 GB

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 24 16

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 5 5500 the clear winner in this comparison.

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