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Ryzen 5 8500G

AMD desktop processor · Ryzen 8000 series (APU) · launched January 2024

Launch price
$179
≈ $189 in 2026 dollars
Blender 4.x render score
159
#134 of 290 scored desktop processors
Cores / threads
12 / 24
16 MB L3 cache
Rated power
65 W

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Launch price in today's dollars

The Ryzen 5 8500G launched at $179 in 2024. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $189 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 6% rise over 2 years. At its launch price that is 89 Blender points per $100.

Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2024 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.

Blender rendering score

Median score 159 (middle half of runs 152–189) across 62 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #134 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #3 of 3 in the Ryzen 8000 series (APU).

This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.

Specifications

VendorAMD
SeriesRyzen 8000 series (APU)
LaunchedJanuary 2024
Launch price$179
SocketAM5
Cores / threads12 / 24
Base clock4.1 GHz
Boost clock5 GHz
L3 cache16 MB
Rated power65 W (TDP)
Tier5-series

The AMD 5-series over time

AMD desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.

PartYearLaunch priceIn 2026 $Blender
Ryzen 5 55002022$159$180133
Ryzen 5 56002022$199$225146
Ryzen 5 7600X2022$299$338201
Ryzen 5 76002023$229$249197
Ryzen 5 5600X3D2023$229$249180
Ryzen 5 7500F2023$179$194196
Ryzen 5 5500GT2024$125$132141
Ryzen 5 5600GT2024$140$148140
Ryzen 5 8500G2024$179$189159
Ryzen 5 8600G2024$229$242174
Ryzen 5 7600X3D2024$299$315235
Ryzen 5 9600X2024$279$294237
Ryzen 5 5600T2024$186$196—
Ryzen 5 5600XT2024$194$205150
Ryzen 5 7400F2025———
Ryzen 5 96002025———

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