Intel Core i5 8500 vs AMD EPYC 7702

CPU · Specs Compare

CPU Intel Core i5 8500 Intel · 2018-04

CPU AMD EPYC 7702 AMD · 2019-08

General Parameters

Release Date

Apr 2018

Aug 2019

Manufacturer

Intel

AMD

Type

Desktop

Server

Instruction Set

x86-64

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Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

Rome

Processor Number

i5-8500

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Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

N/A

Generation

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EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

7 nm

Socket

LGA-1151

AMD Socket SP3

Power Consumption

65 W

200 W

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

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Transistor Count

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3.8 billions

Foundry

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TSMC

Die Size

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74 mm²

Package

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FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

Performance Cores

6

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Performance Core Threads

6

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Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

3.35 GHz

Total Core Count

6

64

Total Thread Count

6

128

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

100 MHz

Multiplier

30x

20.0

L1 Cache

64 K per core

96 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

512 K per core

L3 Cache

9 MB shared

256 MB shared

Unlocked Multiplier

No

No

SMP

—

2

Memory Parameters

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

DDR4-3200

Max Memory Size

128 GB

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Max Memory Channels

2

8

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

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ECC Memory Support

No

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

true

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GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1100 MHz

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Shader Units

192

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Texture Units

24

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Raster Operation Units

3

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Execution Units

24

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Power Consumption

15 W

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Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

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Miscellaneous

Official Website

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PCIe Version

3.0

4

PCIe Lanes

16

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Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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Benchmark

Cinebench R23

1,051

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Cinebench R23

5,502

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Geekbench 6

1,372

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Geekbench 5

1,022

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Geekbench 6

5,468

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Geekbench 5

4,846

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Blender

98

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Passmark CPU

2,460

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Passmark CPU

9,561

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▲ Specs Compare Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.