CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

CORE STATE Matisse

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.8 Base / 4.6 GHz Turbo

CACHE 64 MB

MAX TDP 105W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 2

nm

PROCESS 7 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2019

VS

i

Intel

INTEL

Core i5-8500

CORE STATE Coffee Lake

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 6 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3 Base / 4.1 GHz Turbo

CACHE 9 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Coffee Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2018

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

2,788

816

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

393

115

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

11,618

3,402

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,640

480

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

27,662

8,100

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

3,905

1,143

geekbench_multicore

9,924

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

1,708

N/A

passmark_data_compression

448,906

134,673

passmark_data_encryption

28,586

3,027

passmark_extended_instructions

29,221

11,480

passmark_find_prime_numbers

214

36

passmark_floating_point_math

58,434

22,489

passmark_integer_math

99,628

26,551

passmark_multithread

32,544

9,532

passmark_physics

1,794

628

passmark_random_string_sorting

48,300

16,294

passmark_single_thread

2,703

2,441

passmark_singlethread

2,703

2,441

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 3900X

i5-8500

Core Specs

Cores

12

6 -50.0%

Threads

24

6 -75.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.8

3 -21.1%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.6

4.1 -10.9%

Frequency (GHz)

3.8

3 -21.1%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.6

4.1 -10.9%

Multiplier

38

30 -21.1%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

64 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

512 KB (per core)

256 KB (per core)

L3 Cache

64 MB

9 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

105

65 -38.1%

PPT

142 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 2

Coffee Lake

Codename

Matisse

Coffee Lake

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 2 (Matisse))

Core i5 (Coffee Lake)

Process Size

7 nm

14 nm

Transistors

7,600 million

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Die Size

2x 74 mm²

154 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR4

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

51.2 GB/s

42.7 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

No

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

Intel Socket 1151

Chipsets

A300, X300, A320, B350, X370, B450, X470, A520, B550, X570

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PCIe

Gen 4, 24 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

12 nm

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Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

UHD Graphics 630

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

End-of-life

Launch Price

$499

$192

Part Number

100-000000023100-100000023BOX100-100000023MPK

SR3XE

Package

µOPGA-1331

FC-LGA1151

Tj Max

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100°C

Bundled Cooler

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E97379-001

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