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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-8500 outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 3400G on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Ryzen 5 3400G is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-8500 is 508 days older than the cheaper Ryzen 5 3400G.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
- Up to 17% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - $132.0 vs $159.99
- Up to 12% better value when playing Rust than Core i5-8500 - $0.72 vs $0.82 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 8 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 6% better in Rust than Ryzen 5 3400G - 194 vs 183 FPS
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 4-core, 8-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Radeon RX Graphics
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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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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 5 3400G
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
Jul 7th, 2019 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Picasso | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
8 | Threads | 6 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
12 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| Radeon RX Vega 11 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 3400G or Core i5-8500
Rust, 1920 x 1080, High
12 FPS
$69.08/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Ryzen 5 3400G
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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1 FPS
$1059/FPS
Radeon RX Vega 11
Ryzen 5 3400G
16 GB, 240 GB SSD
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