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In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 3500X outperforms the more expensive Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 3500X is 587 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-8500.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 3500X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
- Performs up to 4% better in Dead Island 2 than Core i5-8500 - 159 vs 153 FPS
- Up to 52% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - €87.15 vs €182.45
- Up to 54% better value when playing Dead Island 2 than Core i5-8500 - €0.55 vs €1.19 per FPS
Dead Island 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel® Processore desktop Core™ i5-8500 6 core fino a 4,1 GHz Turbo LGA1151 Serie 300 65W
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Ryzen 5 3500X
Desktop • Sep 24th, 2019
FPS
159
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.55/FPS
100%
Price, €
€87.15
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Ryzen 5 3500X
Desktop • Sep 24th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 3500X |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Sep 24th, 2019 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Matisse |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 6 | Threads | 6 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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