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In short — Core i5-8500 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 7 1800X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-8500 is 349 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 7 1800X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 16 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 11% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Ryzen 7 1800X - 362 vs 326 FPS
- Up to 64% cheaper than Ryzen 7 1800X - £107.14 vs £295.0
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 1800X - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 7 1800X doesn't have integrated graphics
Counter-Strike 2
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Processor (8-Core 3.6 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo) Socket AM4 95W) - YD180XBCAEWOF
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Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
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Ryzen 7 1800X
Desktop • Mar 2nd, 2017
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2nd, 2017 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Ryzen 7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 6 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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