AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 5.0 GHz (Phoenix) AM5 - boxed, with cooler

• 2 "Zen4" cores and 4 "Zen4c" cores with 65 watts Thermal Design Power (TDP)
• 12 threads thanks to Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT)
• Very high single- and multi-threaded performance
• Base clock speed of 4.1 GHz and 5.0 GHz Turbo (Zen4 cores)
• Fast PCI Express 4.0 interface
• Auto-overclocking with Precision Boost 2 (only with AMD X670(E) or B650(E))
• Unlocked multiplier for manual overclocking (unlocked CPU)
• Large cache memory for gaming: 6 MB L2 and 16 MB L3
• Highly efficient 4-nanometer TSMC manufacturing
• AVX-512 - Instruction set extension for complex vector calculations
• Compatible with the AMD AM5 processor socket
• Natively supports DDR5 RAM at 5,200 MHz (Dual Channel)
• Integrated AMD Radeon 740M iGPU with up to 2.8 GHz boost clock
• Boxed version including CPU cooler !

The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G at a glance

The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G from the Phoenix processor family features two CPU cores based on the "Zen 4" architecture and four Zen 4c cores . Following "Zen," "Zen+," "Zen 2," and "Zen 3," this is the fifth generation of the Zen microarchitecture. Each Zen 4 processor core has access to the entire L3 cache. This contributes significantly to the considerably improved performance in games. The Zen 4c cores have less L3 cache and a lower clock speed, but they operate much more efficiently and can easily handle background tasks.

The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G supports the fast PCI Express 4.0 standard. All Ryzen 7000 and 8000 processors use the AM5 platform and were designed for use with corresponding AMD chipsets.

The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 6-core APU with integrated graphics chip

The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G features six physical CPU cores , each capable of processing two threads simultaneously thanks to Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT). With the addition of six virtual cores, the number of processing cores effectively doubles to 12. This 6-core mid-range model utilizes Precision Boost 2 to precisely adapt to the specific application scenario and, within its 65-watt Thermal Design Power (TDP), can reach turbo boost speeds of up to 5.0 GHz with its Zen 4 cores.

Supports PCI-Express 4.0 and DDR5 RAM

The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G supports the PCI Express 4.0 standard. PCIe 4.0 is backward compatible and can be used with all expansion cards of previous generations. Each PCIe 4.0 lane offers twice the data transfer rate compared to PCIe 3.0, allowing an NVMe SSD connected via four PCIe 4.0 lanes to achieve a theoretical read/write speed of up to 10 GB/s.

The CPU's integrated memory controller supports fast and energy-efficient DDR5 memory with or without ECC error correction at a native clock speed of 5,200 MHz, with significantly higher clock speeds possible through overclocking. For this purpose, AMD has introduced special EXPO performance profiles tailored to the Ryzen 7000 and 8000 series.

Automatic overclocking via Precision Boost 2

Overclocking is no longer something anyone needs to worry about with AMD Zen4, as the CPU takes care of it automatically: The AMD Ryzen 5 8500G is equipped with the Auto-OC feature Precision Boost 2 , which can increase the processor clock speed by up to 150 MHz beyond the factory-set maximum boost clock limit, provided an AMD X670(E) or B650(E) motherboard is used and your CPU is adequately cooled.

High-end motherboards with AMD X670(E) or B650(E) chipsets typically have additional voltage regulator modules (VRMs), allowing Ryzen 7000 and 8000 processors to communicate with the chipset to access the motherboard's unused power reserves and automatically increase their clock speeds depending on CPU temperatures.

Unlocked CPU: Manual overclocking thanks to an unlocked multiplier