CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

CORE STATE Zen

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 12 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.6 Base / 4.25 GHz Turbo

CACHE 16 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 95W

ARCHITECTURE Zen

nm

PROCESS 12 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2018

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

1,190

816

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

168

115

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

4,959

3,402

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

700

480

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

11,808

8,100

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,667

1,143

geekbench_multicore

5,257

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

1,243

N/A

passmark_data_compression

198,785

134,673

passmark_data_encryption

13,133

3,027

passmark_extended_instructions

7,581

11,480

passmark_find_prime_numbers

38

36

passmark_floating_point_math

24,270

22,489

passmark_integer_math

47,377

26,551

passmark_multithread

13,893

9,532

passmark_physics

695

628

passmark_random_string_sorting

22,911

16,294

passmark_single_thread

2,381

2,441

passmark_singlethread

2,381

2,441

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

5 2600X

i5-8500

Core Specs

Cores

6

6 0.0%

Threads

12

6 -50.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.6

3 -16.7%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.25

4.1 -3.5%

Frequency (GHz)

3.6

3 -16.7%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.25

4.1 -3.5%

Multiplier

36

30 -16.7%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

96 KB (per core)

64 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

512 KB (per core)

256 KB (per core)

L3 Cache

16 MB (shared)

9 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

95

65 -31.6%

Architecture

Architecture

Zen

Coffee Lake

Codename

Zen

Coffee Lake

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen+ (Pinnacle Ridge))

Core i5 (Coffee Lake)

Process Size

12 nm

14 nm

Transistors

4,800 million

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Die Size

213 mm²

154 mm²

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR4

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

46.9 GB/s

42.7 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

No

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

Intel Socket 1151

Chipsets

AMD 300 Series, AMD 400 Series, AMD 500 Series

—

PCIe

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

UHD Graphics 630

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

End-of-life

Launch Price

$229

$192

Part Number

YD260XBCM6IAF YD260XBCAFBOX

SR3XE

Package

µOPGA-1331

FC-LGA1151

Tj Max

95°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

—

E97379-001

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