Intel Core Ultra 5 336H vs i5 8500
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We compared two CPUs: the 1.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 336H (laptop) with 12-cores against the 3 GHz i5 8500 (desktop) with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop CPU.
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 336H
- Newer - released 7 years and 11 months later
- More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 14 nanometers
- More powerful Intel Xe3 Graphics integrated graphics: 2.4 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
- Around 94.9 GB/s (228%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 6 more physical cores
- Has 9 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- 2x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2730 vs 1396 points
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- 12% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.1 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1230 MB/sec | 441 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 99.5 Klines/sec | 40.5 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 331.7 pages/sec | 109 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 350.5 Mpixels/sec | 182.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 307.3 pages/sec | 142.4 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 58.1 images/sec | 33.4 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 149.5 images/sec | 52.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 20.5 Mpixels/sec | 6.78 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 62.2 GOps/sec | 26.5 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 82.5 GOps/sec | 22.5 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 298M Primes/sec | 36M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 33.7M Strings/sec | 16.2M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 20.9 GBytes/sec | 3 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 275.2 MBytes/sec | 133.6 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2607 Frames/sec | 625 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 23.9B Matrices/sec | 11.5B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 38.4 PPW | 4.6 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 535.1 PPW | 81.9 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1124.7 PPW | 146.3 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | - | 1.29 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 336H and i5 8500General
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | January 5, 2026 | April 3, 2018 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Panther Lake | Coffee Lake |
| Model number | 336H | i5-8500 |
| Integrated GPU | Xe3 Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| Successor | - | - Intel Core Ultra 5 336H |
Intel CPU rating (#66th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 6 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 1.9 GHz | 3.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.6 GHz | 4.1 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 | - |
| E-Threads | 8 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 1.5 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.4 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 12 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 6 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 19x | 30x |
| Bus Bandwidth | - | 8 GT/s |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2560K (per core) | 256K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 18MB (shared) | 9MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 2 nm | 14 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 15-25 W (configurable) | 65 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 80 W | - |
| Socket | FCBGA2540 | LGA-1151 |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#77th place)
Desktop CPU ranking (#178th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel Xe3 Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 350 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2300 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 192 |
| TMUs | 32 | 24 |
| ROPs | 16 | 3 |
| Execution Units | 4 | 24 |
| TGP | 25 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-8533 - DDR5-7200 |
- DDR4-2666 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 136.5 GB/s | 41.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 5 336H official page | Intel Core i5 8500 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 16 |
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