Product Compare

Intel Core i5 8500 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

	CPU Intel Core i5 8500	CPU AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X
General Parameters
Release Date	Apr 2018	Jan 2020
Manufacturer	Intel	AMD
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Coffee Lake	Zen 2
Processor Number	i5-8500
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 630	N/A
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	7 nm
Socket	LGA-1151	sTRX4
Power Consumption	65 W	280 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	95 °C
Transistor Count		19.2 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	6	64
Performance Core Threads	6	128
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.0 GHz	2.9 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.1 GHz	4.3 GHz
Total Core Count	6	64
Total Thread Count	6	128
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	30x	29x
L1 Cache	64 K per core	96 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	512 K per core
L3 Cache	9 MB shared	128 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size	128 GB	256 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	4
Max Memory Bandwidth	41.6 GB/s	95.37 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true
GPU Base Frequency	350 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1100 MHz
Shader Units	192
Texture Units	24
Raster Operation Units	3
Execution Units	24
Power Consumption	15 W
Max Resolution	4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	4.0
PCIe Lanes	16	64
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1051	1262
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	5502	75671
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1372	1138
Geekbench 5 Single Core	1022	1265
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	5468	11211
Geekbench 5 Multi Core	4846	27453
Passmark CPU Single Core	2460	2564
Passmark CPU Multi Core	9561	80316