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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 3600 is 508 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-8500.
Advantages of Core i5-8500
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 3600 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Ryzen 5 3600
- Performs up to 1% better in Deathloop than Core i5-8500 - 180 vs 178 FPS
- Up to 9% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - £101.02 vs £110.86
- Up to 10% better value when playing Deathloop than Core i5-8500 - £0.56 vs £0.62 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 12 vs 6 threads
Deathloop
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
180
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.56/FPS
100%
Price, £
£101.02
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor 3.6 GHz 32 MB L3
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Ryzen 5 3600
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8500 | vs | Ryzen 5 3600 |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Matisse |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 6 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Core i5-8500 or Ryzen 5 3600
With selected game settings
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£30.77/FPS
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£16.87/FPS
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£33.9/FPS
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