CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

CORE STATE Granite Ridge

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 4.4 Base / 5.5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 128 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 120W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

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

3dmark_16_threads

12,490

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

2,512

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

4,885

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

9,002

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

13,795

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,269

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

4,811

816

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

679

115

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

20,049

3,402

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,830

480

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

47,737

8,100

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

6,739

1,143

geekbench_multicore

20,572

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

3,336

N/A

passmark_data_compression

685,074

134,673

passmark_data_encryption

33,282

3,027

passmark_extended_instructions

55,426

11,480

passmark_find_prime_numbers

544

36

passmark_floating_point_math

119,622

22,489

passmark_integer_math

179,727

26,551

passmark_multithread

56,154

9,532

passmark_physics

5,340

628

passmark_random_string_sorting

71,864

16,294

passmark_single_thread

4,646

2,441

passmark_singlethread

4,646

2,441

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9900X3D

i5-8500

Core Specs

Cores

12

6 -50.0%

Threads

24

6 -75.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.4

3 -31.8%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.5

4.1 -25.5%

Frequency (GHz)

4.4

3 -31.8%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.5

4.1 -25.5%

Multiplier

44

30 -31.8%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

64 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB (per core)

256 KB (per core)

L3 Cache

128 MB (shared)

9 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

120

65 -45.8%

PPT

230 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 5

Coffee Lake

Codename

Granite Ridge

Coffee Lake

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Core i5 (Coffee Lake)

Process Size

4 nm

14 nm

Transistors

16,630 million

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Die Size

2x 70.6 mm²

154 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR4

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

42.7 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

No

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM5

Intel Socket 1151

Chipsets

X870E, X870, B850, B840, X670E, X670, B650E, B650, A620

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PCIe

Gen 5, 24 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

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Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

End-of-life

Launch Price

$599

$192

Part Number

100-000001386

SR3XE

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-LGA1151

Tj Max

95°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

None

E97379-001

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