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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8500 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 1920X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8500 is 188 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 1920X.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 5% better in Starfield than Ryzen Threadripper 1920X - 58 vs 55 FPS
- Up to 41% cheaper than Ryzen Threadripper 1920X - $159.99 vs $270.0
- Up to 44% better value when playing Starfield than Ryzen Threadripper 1920X - $2.76 vs $4.91 per FPS
- Consumes up to 64% less energy than AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X - 65 vs 180 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 24 vs 6 threads
Starfield
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
58
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.76/FPS
100%
Price, $
$159.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
Desktop • Aug 10th, 2017
FPS
55
94.82758620689656%
Value, $/FPS
$4.91/FPS
56.21181262729124%
Price, $
$270
59%
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X (12-Core/24-Thread) Desktop Processor (YD192XA8AEWOF)
Buy for $270 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 349818 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
Desktop • Aug 10th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
Desktop • Aug 10th, 2017
Single-Core
1174
84.64311463590482%
Multi-Core
6976
100%
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X |
|---|---|---|
Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Aug 10th, 2017 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen Threadripper |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Whitehaven |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket SP3r2 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 6 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.0 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 180 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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