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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 7 5800X outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 7 5800X is 995 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8500.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Up to 14% cheaper than Ryzen 7 5800X - $173.6 vs $202.0
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 5800X - 65 vs 105 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 7 5800X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
- Performs up to 23% better in Far Cry 3 than Core i5-8500 - 174 vs 142 FPS
- Up to 5% better value when playing Far Cry 3 than Core i5-8500 - $1.16 vs $1.22 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 16 vs 6 threads
Far Cry 3
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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Ryzen 7 5800X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
174
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.16/FPS
100%
Price, $
$202
85%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-core, 16-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Ryzen 7 5800X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 6 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 38.0x |
UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-8500 or Ryzen 7 5800X
Far Cry 3, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
141 FPS
$10.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 7 5800X
64 GB, 4 TB SSD
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141 FPS
$12.41/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 7 5800X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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123 FPS
$12.2/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 3 TB HDD
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$1,499.99
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141 FPS
$9.92/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,399
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153 FPS
$7.69/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,177.09
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158 FPS
$22.78/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$3,599.99
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159 FPS
$12.37/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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123 FPS
$13.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,659.99
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141 FPS
$7.8/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,099.99
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153 FPS
$10.79/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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