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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-8500 outperforms the cheaper Athlon 3000G on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Athlon 3000G is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-8500 is 644 days older than the cheaper Athlon 3000G.
Advantages of AMD Athlon 3000G
- Up to 60% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - $63.83 vs $159.99
- Up to 59% better value when playing Valheim than Core i5-8500 - $0.33 vs $0.8 per FPS
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i5-8500 - 35 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 3% better in Valheim than Athlon 3000G - 201 vs 195 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Athlon 3000G - 6 vs 4 threads
Valheim
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
FPS
195
97.01492537313433%
Value, $/FPS
$0.33/FPS
100%
Price, $
$63.83
100%
Value Winner
AMD Athlon 3000G 2-Core, 4-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Radeon Graphics
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Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
201
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.8/FPS
41.25%
Price, $
$159.99
39%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Updated 348917 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
Single-Core
957
68.99783705839943%
Multi-Core
1975
40.77208918249381%
AMD Athlon 3000G | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
Nov 20th, 2019 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Athlon | Collection | Core i5 |
| Picasso | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 6 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
35 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| Radeon Vega 3 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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