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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8500 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8500 is 180 days older than the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 64 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 1% better in ARK: Survival Evolved than Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - 122 vs 121 FPS
- Up to 90% cheaper than Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - $122.14 vs $1243.03
- Up to 90% better value when playing ARK: Survival Evolved than Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - $1.11 vs $11.4 per FPS
- Consumes up to 74% less energy than AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - 65 vs 250 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX doesn't have integrated graphics
ARK: Survival Evolved
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
Desktop • Aug 13th, 2018
FPS
121
99%
Value, €/FPS
€11.4/FPS
9%
Price, €
€1379.76
9%
AMD YD299XAZAFWOF Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX Processor
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Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
122
100%
Value, €/FPS
€1.11/FPS
100%
Price, €
€135.57
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
Desktop • Aug 13th, 2018
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
Aug 13th, 2018 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Ryzen Threadripper | Collection | Core i5 |
| Colfax | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket SP3r2 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
32 | Cores | 6 |
64 | Threads | 6 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 250 W | TDP | 65 W |
12 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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