Intel Core i9-7900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 689.95
$ 155.73
$ 534.22 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7006 points
24% slightly better overall score
5649 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7653 points
8095 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points
37% slightly better multitasking score
4923 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6719 points
40% slightly better heavy workload score
4766 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6987 points
33% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5215 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.19 points
31% slightly higher Blender score
159.49 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8832 points
9444 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1432 points
2354 points
64% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
66% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
66% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
3.55 GHz
7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
5 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W
65 W
115% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

14 MiB
16 MiB
14% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

204th of 1,118
297th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i9-7900X vs Ryzen 5 8500G comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-7900X is faster than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8500G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-7900X has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8500G has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8500G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-7900X. Also, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 8500G outputs less heat than Core i9-7900X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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