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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-9500 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-9500 is 67 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9500 - 64 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9500
- Performs up to 2% better in Resident Evil 4 than Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - 178 vs 174 FPS
- Up to 78% cheaper than Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - $153.74 vs $699.99
- Up to 79% better value when playing Resident Evil 4 than Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - $0.86 vs $4.02 per FPS
- Consumes up to 74% less energy than AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - 65 vs 250 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX doesn't have integrated graphics
Resident Evil 4
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
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Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
Desktop • Aug 13th, 2018
FPS
174
97%
Value, $/FPS
$4.02/FPS
21%
Price, $
$699.99
21%
AMD YD299XAZAFWOF Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX Processor
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Updated 194 minutes ago
Core i5-9500
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
178
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.86/FPS
100%
Price, $
$153.74
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-9500 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.GHz LGA1151 300 Series 65W (BX80684I59500)
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TOP 5 Games
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
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Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
Desktop • Aug 13th, 2018
Core i5-9500
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX | vs | Intel Core i5-9500 |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 13th, 2018 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2018 |
| Ryzen Threadripper | Collection | Core i5 |
| Colfax | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket SP3r2 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
32 | Cores | 6 |
64 | Threads | 6 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 250 W | TDP | 65 W |
12 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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