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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 7600 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 7600 is 1795 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8500.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- Performs up to 32% better in Rust than Core i5-8500 - 257 vs 194 FPS
- Up to 3% better value when playing Rust than Core i5-8500 - $0.7 vs $0.72 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 12 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Up to 22% cheaper than Ryzen 5 7600 - $139.0 vs $178.99
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 5 7600
Desktop • Jan 14th, 2023
FPS
257
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.7/FPS
100%
Price, $
$178.99
77%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
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Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
194
75.4863813229572%
Value, $/FPS
$0.72/FPS
97.22222222222221%
Price, $
$139
100%
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Updated 4403 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 5 7600
Desktop • Jan 14th, 2023
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Single-Core
1387
50.712979890310784%
Multi-Core
4844
39.51382657639285%
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 14th, 2023 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Raphael | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM5 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
12 | Threads | 6 |
3.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
5.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
5 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
38.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| Radeon Graphics | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 7600 or Core i5-8500
Rust, 1920 x 1080, High
121 FPS
$8.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 7600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$999.99
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121 FPS
$10.71/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 7600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$1,295.66
In Stock
121 FPS
$7.76/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 7600
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$939
In Stock
183 FPS
$8.74/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 5 7600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,599.99
In Stock
123 FPS
$10.5/FPS
Radeon RX 7600
Ryzen 5 7600
64 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,290.99
In Stock
121 FPS
$8.68/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 7600
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,049.99
In Stock
158 FPS
$10.13/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 5 7600
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,599.99
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123 FPS
$11.49/FPS
Radeon RX 7600
Ryzen 5 7600
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,413.74
In Stock
158 FPS
$8.54/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 5 7600
12 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,349.99
In Stock
121 FPS
$8.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 5 7600
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,029
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