AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core i5 8500

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AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

Intel Core i5 8500

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 3 2300X with 4 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i5 8500 with 6 cores 3.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (2933 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (43.71GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.0GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (12nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i5 8500 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Larger L3 cache size (9MB vs 4MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

1201

Intel Core i5 8500 +14%

1372

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

3337

Intel Core i5 8500 +63%

5468

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X +1%

1035

Intel Core i5 8500

1022

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

3439

Intel Core i5 8500 +40%

4846

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

2364

Intel Core i5 8500 +4%

2460

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

7577

Intel Core i5 8500 +26%

9561

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

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Intel Core i5 8500

General Parameters

Sep 2018

Release Date

Apr 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-8500

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

6

4

Performance Core Threads

6

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

4

Total Core Count

6

4

Total Thread Count

6

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

30x

128 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

4 MB shared

L3 Cache

9 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

43.71 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

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

-

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 8500

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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