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In short — Core i5-8500 outperforms EPYC 7742 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-8500 is 539 days older than EPYC 7742.
Advantages of AMD EPYC 7742
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 128 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 2% better in Elden Ring than EPYC 7742 - 121 vs 119 FPS
- Consumes up to 71% less energy than AMD EPYC 7742 - 65 vs 225 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD EPYC 7742 doesn't have integrated graphics
Elden Ring
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1920 x 1080
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Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
121
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.38/FPS
100%
Price, £
£167.13
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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EPYC 7742
Server/Workstation • Aug 7th, 2019
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD EPYC 7742 | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
Aug 7th, 2019 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| EPYC | Collection | Core i5 |
| Rome | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket SP3 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Server | Segment | Desktop |
64 | Cores | 6 |
128 | Threads | 6 |
| 2.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 3.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 225 W | TDP | 65 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 22.5x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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