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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 5900X 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 9 5900X is 995 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8500.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Up to 35% cheaper than Ryzen 9 5900X - £168.88 vs £259.98
- Up to 31% better value when playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II than Ryzen 9 5900X - £0.83 vs £1.2 per FPS
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 65 vs 105 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 5900X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 6% better in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II than Core i5-8500 - 217 vs 204 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 24 vs 6 threads
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
204
94%
Value, £/FPS
£0.83/FPS
100%
Price, £
£168.88
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Processor (12C/24T, 70MB Cache, up to 4.8 GHz Max Boost)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 6 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-8500 or Ryzen 9 5900X
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, 1920 x 1080, Extreme
178 FPS
£9.25/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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120 FPS
£13.28/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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