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In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 3 3100 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 3 3100 is 800 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-8500.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 3 3100 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 3 3100
- Performs up to 2% better in Rust than Core i5-8500 - 198 vs 194 FPS
- Up to 18% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - CA$180.0 vs CA$218.88
- Up to 19% better value when playing Rust than Core i5-8500 - CA$0.91 vs CA$1.13 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 8 vs 6 threads
Rust
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel BX80684I58500 i5-8500 Desktop Processor, 6 Core, up to 4.1GHz 3 6
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Ryzen 3 3100
Desktop • Apr 24th, 2020
FPS
198
100%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$0.91/FPS
100%
Price, CA$
CA$180
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FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6GHz Wraith Stealth 2MB L2 Desktop Processor Boxed
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Ryzen 3 3100
Desktop • Apr 24th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | AMD Ryzen 3 3100 |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Apr 24th, 2020 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 3 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Matisse |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
| 6 | Threads | 8 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.9 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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