Intel Core i5 8500 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2018
Jan 2023
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
Zen 4 (Raphael)
Processor Number
i5-8500
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Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 630
Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
5 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
AM5
Power Consumption
65 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
95 °C
Transistor Count
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13.1 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption
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90 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
12
Performance Core Threads
6
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.1 GHz
5.4 GHz
Total Core Count
6
12
Total Thread Count
6
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
37x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
9 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR5-5200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
41.6 GB/s
83.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
350 MHz
400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1100 MHz
2200 MHz
Shader Units
192
128
Texture Units
24
8
Raster Operation Units
3
4
Execution Units
24
2
Power Consumption
15 W
15 W
Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
28
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,051
2,034
Cinebench R23
5,502
29,358
Geekbench 6
1,372
2,946
Geekbench 5
1,022
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Geekbench 6
5,468
17,413
Geekbench 5
4,846
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Blender
98
463
Passmark CPU
2,460
4,149
Passmark CPU
9,561
48,837
Cinebench 2024
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111
Cinebench 2024
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1,525
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.