AMD Ryzen 5 8500G vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. Specifications

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Ryzen Ryzen
• Form Factor
  Desktops Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Segment
  Desktop Desktop
• Series
  Ryzen 8000 Series Ryzen 7000 Series
• CPU group
  - AMD Ryzen 7000
• Generation
  - 5
• Predecessor
  - AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.5 GHz 4.5 GHz
• CPU Cores
  6 16
• CPU Threads
  12 32
• Max. Boost Clock
  5 GHz 5.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  5 GHz 5.5 GHz
• Zen 4 Base Clock
  4.1 GHz -
• Zen 4 Cores
  2 -
• Zen 4c Base Clock
  3.3 GHz -
• Zen 4c Cores
  4 -
• Zen 4c Max Boost Clock
  3.7 GHz -
• Core architecture
  - normal
• Core Configuration
  - 16x
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  - Yes
• Overclocking
  - Yes
• Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
  - 5.2 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU Frequency
  2800 MHz 2200 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 740M AMD Radeon Graphics
• Graphics Cores
  4 2
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  - No
• H.264 / AVC
  - No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  - No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  - No
• JPEG
  - No
• VC-1
  - No
• VP8
  - No
• VP9
  - No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and AMD Ryzen 5 8500G. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Max. Memory
  96 GB 256 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory Speed (2x1R)
  5200 MT/s -
• Memory Speed (2x2R)
  5200 MT/s -
• Memory Speed (4x1R)
  3600 MT/s -
• Memory Speed (4x2R)
  3600 MT/s -
• Memory type
  DDR5 DDR5
• PCIe
  PCIe 4.0 PCIe 5.0
• ECC
  - Yes
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 83.2 GB/s

• AES-NI
  - Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 8500G and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Configurable TDP
  45-65 W -
• Configurable TDP (max)
  65 W -
• Configurable TDP (min)
  45 W -
• Default TDP
  65 W 170 W
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  65 W -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 170 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 230 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 8500G and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  2x Zen 4, 4x Zen 4c Raphael (Zen 4)
• Codename
  Phoenix Raphael AM5
• L2-Cache
  6 MB 16 MB
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 64 MB
• Official source
  https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/8000-series/amd-ryzen-5-8500g.html https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/7000-series/amd-ryzen-9-7950x.html
• Release date
  Q1/2024 2022-09-27
• Socket
  AM5 AM5
• Technology
  TSMC 4nm FinFET TSMC 5nm FinFET
• Verification scope
  Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved. Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved.
• Verified on
  2026-09-30 2026-09-30
• Instruction set (ISA)
  - x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• Virtualization
  - AMD-V, SVM