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

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

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AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

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

26% slightly better overall score

5521 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7653 points

8044 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points

42% slightly better multitasking score

4773 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6719 points

45% significantly better heavy workload score

4617 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6987 points

33% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5215 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.19 points

31% slightly higher Blender score

159.49 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8832 points

9444 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) 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

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

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

100% significantly more memory channels

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

193rd of 1,089

291st of 1,089

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

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.

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.