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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8500 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 7 1700X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8500 is 349 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 7 1700X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 16 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 2% better in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II than Ryzen 7 1700X - 204 vs 200 FPS
- Up to 22% cheaper than Ryzen 7 1700X - $174.96 vs $225.0
- Up to 23% better value when playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II than Ryzen 7 1700X - $0.86 vs $1.12 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 1700X - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 7 1700X doesn't have integrated graphics
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
AMD YD170XBCAEWOF Ryzen 7 1700X Processor
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Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
204
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.86/FPS
100%
Price, $
$174.96
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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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Ryzen 7 1700X
Desktop • Mar 2nd, 2017
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2nd, 2017 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Ryzen 7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 6 |
3.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 3.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
34.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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