i5-8500 vs Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U

Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U
2023
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
7.70
+28.1%
Core i5-8500
2018
6 cores / 6 threads, 65 Watt
6.01

Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U outperforms Core i5-8500 by a significant 28% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U and Core i5-8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking9551094
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data5.62
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Core i5
Power efficiency48.588.75
Architecture codenameBarcelo-R (2023)Coffee Lake-S (2017−2018)
Release date4 January 2023 (1 year ago)14 February 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$202

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U and Core i5-8500 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads86
Base clock speed2.3 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data30
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)9 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm14 nm
Die size180 mm2149 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors10,700 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U and Core i5-8500 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP6FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U and Core i5-8500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
SIPP-+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U and Core i5-8500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U and Core i5-8500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U and Core i5-8500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics 630
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U and Core i5-8500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U and Core i5-8500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U and Core i5-8500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U and Core i5-8500.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1616

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U 7.70
+28.1%
i5-8500 6.01

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U 12233
+28.1%
i5-8500 9550

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U 1569
+12.6%
i5-8500 1393

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U 4252
i5-8500 4836
+13.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.70 6.01
Integrated graphics card 1.98 3.09
Recency 4 January 2023 14 February 2018
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 8 6
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U has a 28.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 33.3% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

i5-8500, on the other hand, has 56.1% faster integrated GPU, and 50% more physical cores.

The Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i5-8500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U is a notebook processor while Core i5-8500 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U and Core i5-8500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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