Intel Core i5 8500 vs AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2018
Jan 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Processor Number
i5-8500
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Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 630
Radeon 8060S
Generation
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Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Series
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Ryzen AI Max 300 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
Custom
Power Consumption
65 W
45-120 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100 °C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
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120 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
8
Performance Core Threads
6
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.1 GHz
5.0 GHz
Total Core Count
6
8
Total Thread Count
6
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
36
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
9 MB shared
32 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
LPDDR5X-8000
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
41.6 GB/s
256 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
350 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1100 MHz
2900 MHz
Shader Units
192
2560
Texture Units
24
160
Raster Operation Units
3
64
Execution Units
24
40
Power Consumption
15 W
45-120
Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
16
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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AI Accelerator
NPU
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AMD Ryzen™ AI
Theoretical performance
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50 TOPS
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,051
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Cinebench R23
5,502
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Geekbench 6
1,372
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Geekbench 5
1,022
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Geekbench 6
5,468
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Geekbench 5
4,846
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Blender
98
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Passmark CPU
2,460
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Passmark CPU
9,561
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.