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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8500 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 3 1200 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8500 is 202 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 3 1200.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 3% better in Red Dead Redemption 2 than Ryzen 3 1200 - 159 vs 155 FPS
- Up to 5% cheaper than Ryzen 3 1200 - £167.06 vs £175.0
- Up to 7% better value when playing Red Dead Redemption 2 than Ryzen 3 1200 - £1.05 vs £1.13 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 3 1200 - 6 vs 4 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 3 1200 doesn't have integrated graphics
Red Dead Redemption 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler - YD1200BBAEBOX, Black
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Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
159
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.05/FPS
100%
Price, £
£167.06
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
Highest
Ryzen 3 1200
Desktop • Jul 27th, 2017
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 27th, 2017 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Ryzen 3 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 6 |
3.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 3.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
31.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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