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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-8500 outperforms the cheaper Athlon 200GE on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Athlon 200GE is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-8500 is 204 days older than the cheaper Athlon 200GE.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 9% better in Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition than Athlon 200GE - 205 vs 188 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Athlon 200GE - 6 vs 4 threads
Advantages of AMD Athlon 200GE
- Up to 60% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - $69.99 vs $174.96
- Up to 56% better value when playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition than Core i5-8500 - $0.37 vs $0.85 per FPS
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i5-8500 - 35 vs 65 Watts
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
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Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Athlon 200GE
Desktop • Sep 6th, 2018
FPS
188
91%
Value, $/FPS
$0.37/FPS
100%
Price, $
$69.99
100%
Value Winner
AMD YD200GC6FBBOX Athlon 200GE 2-Core 4-Thread AM4 Socket Desktop Processor with Radeon Vega Graphics
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Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Athlon 200GE
Desktop • Sep 6th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | AMD Athlon 200GE |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Sep 6th, 2018 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Athlon |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Raven Ridge |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
6 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 35 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Vega 3 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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