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Core i5-8500T vs Ryzen 9 7950X

Core i5-8500T vs Ryzen 9 7950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 7950X outperforms Core i5-8500T on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 7950X is 1639 days newer than Core i5-8500T.

Advantages of Core i5-8500T

  • Consumes up to 79% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7950X - 35 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 7950X

  • Performs up to 22% better in Battlefield IV than Core i5-8500T - 491 vs 404 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500T - 32 vs 6 threads
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Battlefield IV

Battlefield IV

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-8500T Logo
Core i5-8500T

Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018


FPS

404

82%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


FPS

491

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

FPS Winner

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-8500T Logo
Core i5-8500T

Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-8500T Logo
Core i5-8500T

Desktop • Apr 2nd, 2018


Single-Core

1181

40%

Multi-Core

4117

21%

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


Single-Core

2938

100%

Multi-Core

19293

100%

Intel Core i5-8500T Logo

Core i5-8500T

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo

Ryzen 9 7950X

Apr 2nd, 2018Release Date
Sep 27th, 2022
Core i5CollectionRyzen 9
Coffee LakeCodenameRaphael
Intel Socket 1151SocketAMD Socket AM5
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
16
6Threads
32
2.1 GHzBase Clock Speed
4.5 GHz
3.5 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
5.7 GHz
35 W
TDP170 W
14 nmProcess Size
5 nm
21.0xMultiplier
45.0x
UHD 630Integrated GraphicsRadeon Graphics
NoOverclockable
Yes

PCs Using Core i5-8500T or Ryzen 9 7950X

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