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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 7 5700X3D outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-8500 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 7 5700X3D is 2154 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8500.
Advantages of Core i5-8500
- Up to 54% cheaper than Ryzen 7 5700X3D - £110.86 vs £239.56
- Up to 51% better value when playing Alan Wake 2 than Ryzen 7 5700X3D - £0.98 vs £1.98 per FPS
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D - 65 vs 105 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Ryzen 7 5700X3D
- Performs up to 7% better in Alan Wake 2 than Core i5-8500 - 121 vs 113 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 16 vs 6 threads
Alan Wake 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
113
93%
Value, £/FPS
£0.98/FPS
100%
Price, £
£110.86
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024
FPS
121
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.98/FPS
49%
Price, £
£239.56
46%
FPS Winner
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D - 3 GHz - 8 Cores - 16 Threads - 96 MB Cache Memory - Socket AM4 - OEM
Buy for £239.56 on Amazon
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Updated 88 minutes ago
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With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8500 | vs | Ryzen 7 5700X3D |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2024 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Not Available |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 6 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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