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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 6900HX outperforms Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 6900HX is 1435 days newer than Core i5-8500.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
- Performs up to 9% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Core i5-8500 - 117 vs 107 FPS
- Consumes up to 31% less energy than Intel Core i5-8500 - 45 vs 65 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 16 vs 6 threads
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
107
91%
Value, £/FPS
£1.2/FPS
100%
Price, £
£128.88
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 9 6900HX
Mobile • Jan 19th, 2022
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 19th, 2022 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Rembrandt | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket FP7 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 6 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
4.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
45 W | TDP | 65 W |
6 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
33.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| Radeon 680M | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 6900HX or Core i5-8500
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
50 FPS
£15/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Ryzen 9 6900HX
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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71 FPS
£47.64/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
Ryzen 9 6900HX
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£3,382.11
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67 FPS
£38.92/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Ryzen 9 6900HX
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,607.97
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43 FPS
£20.91/FPS
Radeon 680M
Ryzen 9 6900HX
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£899
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59 FPS
£12.88/FPS
Radeon RX 6600M
Ryzen 9 6900HX
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£759.99
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