AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Core i5 8500T

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AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

Intel Core i5 8500T

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X with 8 cores 3.4GHz and Intel Core i5 8500T with 6 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 9MB)

Intel Core i5 8500T 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 1 months late

Integrated graphics card

Larger memory bandwidth (41.6GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Lower TDP (35W vs 95W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

949

Intel Core i5 8500T +24%

1178

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X +7%

4457

Intel Core i5 8500T

4130

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X +5%

937

Intel Core i5 8500T

889

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X +51%

6302

Intel Core i5 8500T

4169

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X +3%

2084

Intel Core i5 8500T

2023

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X +101%

15538

Intel Core i5 8500T

7696

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

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Intel Core i5 8500T

General Parameters

Mar 2017

Release Date

Apr 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-8500T

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

35 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

6

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

6

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

34x

Multiplier

21x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

9 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

39.74 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 7 1700X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 8500T

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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