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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11500 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 3970X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11500 is 477 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 3970X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-11500 - 64 vs 12 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11500
- Performs up to 12% better in War Thunder than Ryzen Threadripper 3970X - 217 vs 194 FPS
- Up to 91% cheaper than Ryzen Threadripper 3970X - $109.68 vs $1224.75
- Up to 92% better value when playing War Thunder than Ryzen Threadripper 3970X - $0.56 vs $7.01 per FPS
- Consumes up to 77% less energy than AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X - 65 vs 280 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X doesn't have integrated graphics
War Thunder
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core, 64-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
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Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
217
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.56/FPS
100%
Price, €
€121.75
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11500 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Desktop • Nov 25th, 2019
Core i5-11500
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X | vs | Intel Core i5-11500 |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 25th, 2019 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Ryzen Threadripper | Collection | Core i5 |
| Castle Peak | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| AMD Socket TRX4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
32 | Cores | 6 |
64 | Threads | 12 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.7 GHz |
| 4.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 280 W | TDP | 65 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 27.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 750 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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