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In short — Ryzen 9 5900 outperforms Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900 is 1063 days newer than Core i5-8500.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900
- Performs up to 9% better in Far Cry 5 than Core i5-8500 - 228 vs 209 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 24 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 5900 doesn't have integrated graphics
Far Cry 5
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 9 5900
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Single-Core
1387
67.5925925925926%
Multi-Core
4844
49.10288900152053%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 12th, 2021 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Vermeer | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 | Cores | 6 |
24 | Threads | 6 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
4.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 5900 or Core i5-8500
Far Cry 5, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
88 FPS
$15.9/FPS
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Ryzen 9 5900
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Ryzen 9 5900
16 GB, 2 TB HDD
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Radeon RX 6700 XT
Ryzen 9 5900
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GeForce RTX 3080
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32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$10.41/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 5900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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144 FPS
$22.79/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 5900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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