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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8500 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 2950X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8500 is 198 days older than the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 2950X.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 1% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Ryzen Threadripper 2950X - 131 vs 130 FPS
- Up to 85% cheaper than Ryzen Threadripper 2950X - $159.99 vs $1075.0
- Up to 85% better value when playing A Plague Tale: Requiem than Ryzen Threadripper 2950X - $1.22 vs $8.27 per FPS
- Consumes up to 64% less energy than AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X - 65 vs 180 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 32 vs 6 threads
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
131
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.22/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 2950X
Desktop • Aug 31st, 2018
FPS
130
99.23664122137404%
Value, $/FPS
$8.27/FPS
14.752116082224909%
Price, $
$1075
14%
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X Processor (YD295XA8AFWOF)
Buy for $1,075 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 349628 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
Desktop • Aug 31st, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
Desktop • Aug 31st, 2018
Single-Core
1263
91.05984138428262%
Multi-Core
8338
100%
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Aug 31st, 2018 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen Threadripper |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Colfax |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket SP3r2 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 16 |
| 6 | Threads | 32 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 180 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 12 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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