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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8500 outperforms the more expensive FX-9590 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8500 is 1709 days newer than the more expensive FX-9590.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 87% better in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart than FX-9590 - 99 vs 53 FPS
- Up to 10% cheaper than FX-9590 - £126.66 vs £141.0
- Up to 52% better value when playing Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart than FX-9590 - £1.28 vs £2.66 per FPS
- Consumes up to 70% less energy than AMD FX-9590 - 65 vs 220 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD FX-9590 doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD FX-9590
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 8 vs 6 threads
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
99
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.28/FPS
100%
Price, £
£126.66
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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FX-9590
Desktop • Jun 11th, 2013
FPS
53
53.535353535353536%
Value, £/FPS
£2.66/FPS
48.1203007518797%
Price, £
£141
89%
AMD FX-9590 Vishera 8-Core 4.7 GHz Socket AM3+ 220W FD9590FHHKWOF Desktop Processor - Black
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Updated 1668 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FX-9590
Desktop • Jun 11th, 2013
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | AMD FX-9590 |
|---|---|---|
Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Jun 11th, 2013 |
| Core i5 | Collection | FX |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Vishera |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM3+ |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 6 | Threads | 8 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.0 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 220 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 23.5x |
UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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