AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i5-8500T

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4361 points
39% slightly better overall score
3124 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points
17% slightly better gaming score
5063 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points
52% significantly better multitasking score
2528 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points
53% significantly better heavy workload score
2428 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points
87% significantly higher Blender score
56.83 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4788 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3954 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1132 points
1137 points
0.44% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4891 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4152 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points
1193 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
100% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
61% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
35 W
85% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache
9 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

404th of 1,089
521st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Core i5-8500T benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2600 is faster than the Core i5-8500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8500T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 2600 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 2600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8500T. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8500T outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 2600 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 2600 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8500T. The Ryzen 5 2600 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 Ryzen 5 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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