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In short — Ryzen 9 7940HS 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 7940HS is 1807 days newer than Core i5-8500.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
- Performs up to 9% better in Valheim than Core i5-8500 - 220 vs 201 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 16 vs 6 threads
Valheim
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
201
91.36363636363637%
Value, $/FPS
$0.68/FPS
100%
Price, $
$136.25
100%
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
Highest
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Ryzen 9 7940HS
Mobile • Jan 26th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Single-Core
1387
56.15384615384615%
Multi-Core
4844
41.66523309822811%
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Jan 26th, 2023 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Not Available |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket FP8 |
Desktop | Segment | Mobile |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 6 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.0 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.2 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 4 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 40.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon 780M |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-8500 or Ryzen 9 7940HS
Valheim, 1920 x 1080, Highest
64 FPS
$27.5/FPS
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Ryzen 9 7940HS
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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Ryzen 9 7940HS
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,399
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$19.05/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
Ryzen 9 7940HS
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,999.99
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105 FPS
$11.9/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
Ryzen 9 7940HS
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,249.99
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96 FPS
$13.84/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Ryzen 9 7940HS
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,329
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96 FPS
$16.14/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Ryzen 9 7940HS
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,549
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96 FPS
$17.29/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Ryzen 9 7940HS
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,659.99
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96 FPS
$19.79/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Ryzen 9 7940HS
64 GB, 4 TB SSD
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$1,899.99
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96 FPS
$14.05/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Ryzen 9 7940HS
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,349
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64 FPS
$25/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Ryzen 9 7940HS
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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