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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8500 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 5 1600X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8500 is 309 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 5 1600X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 12 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 10% better in Assassin's Creed Mirage than Ryzen 5 1600X - 101 vs 92 FPS
- Up to 21% cheaper than Ryzen 5 1600X - €182.45 vs €231.18
- Up to 28% better value when playing Assassin's Creed Mirage than Ryzen 5 1600X - €1.81 vs €2.51 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 1600X - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 1600X doesn't have integrated graphics
Assassin's Creed Mirage
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra High
Ryzen 5 1600X
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
FPS
92
91.0891089108911%
Value, €/FPS
€2.51/FPS
72.11155378486058%
Price, €
€231.18
78%
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Processoro da 3.6GHz, 64bit, Socket AM4, 14 nm, Cores 6, Threads 12, TDP 95W
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Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
101
100%
Value, €/FPS
€1.81/FPS
100%
Price, €
€182.45
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Processore desktop Core™ i5-8500 6 core fino a 4,1 GHz Turbo LGA1151 Serie 300 65W
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Updated 61755 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra High
Ryzen 5 1600X
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 1600X
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
Single-Core
1123
80.96611391492429%
Multi-Core
4766
98.38976052848885%
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 11th, 2017 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
12 | Threads | 6 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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