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In short — Core i5-8500 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 7 1700 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-8500 is 349 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 7 1700.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 1700
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 16 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 4% better in Saints Row than Ryzen 7 1700 - 161 vs 155 FPS
- Up to 10% cheaper than Ryzen 7 1700 - CA$271.01 vs CA$300.0
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 7 1700 doesn't have integrated graphics
Saints Row
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Processor with Wraith Spire LED Cooler (YD1700BBAEBOX)
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Intel BX80684I58500 i5-8500 Desktop Processor, 6 Core, up to 4.1GHz 3 6
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 7 1700
Desktop • Mar 2nd, 2017
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2nd, 2017 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Ryzen 7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 6 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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