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Core i5-10500 vs Ryzen 9 7950X

Core i5-10500 vs Ryzen 9 7950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 7950X outperforms Core i5-10500 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 7950X is 880 days newer than Core i5-10500.

Advantages of Core i5-10500

  • Consumes up to 62% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7950X - 65 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 7950X

  • Performs up to 26% better in Grand Theft Auto V than Core i5-10500 - 166 vs 132 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-10500 - 32 vs 12 threads
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Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-10500 Logo
Core i5-10500

Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020


FPS

132

80%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


FPS

166

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

FPS Winner

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-10500 Logo
Core i5-10500

Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-10500 Logo
Core i5-10500

Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020


Single-Core

1519

52%

Multi-Core

5470

28%

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


Single-Core

2938

100%

Multi-Core

19293

100%

Intel Core i5-10500 Logo

Core i5-10500

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo

Ryzen 9 7950X

Apr 30th, 2020Release Date
Sep 27th, 2022
Core i5CollectionRyzen 9
Comet LakeCodenameRaphael
Intel Socket 1200SocketAMD Socket AM5
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
16
12Threads
32
3.1 GHzBase Clock Speed
4.5 GHz
4.5 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
5.7 GHz
65 W
TDP170 W
14 nmProcess Size
5 nm
31.0xMultiplier
45.0x
UHD Graphics 630Integrated GraphicsRadeon Graphics
NoOverclockable
Yes

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