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 Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 3% better in Sons Of The Forest than Ryzen 5 3400G - 102 vs 99 FPS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
- Up to 17% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - $132.0 vs $159.99
- Up to 15% better value when playing Sons Of The Forest than Core i5-8500 - $1.33 vs $1.57 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 8 vs 6 threads
Sons Of The Forest
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
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Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 3400G |
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Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 |
Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
Coffee Lake | Codename | Picasso |
Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
6 | Threads | 8 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 65 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 12 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon RX Vega 11 |
No | Overclockable | Yes |