AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Core i5-8600K

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

4057 points

4307 points

6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points

6905 points

6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points

3493 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points

3351 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4797 points

16% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

4121 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points

89.16 points

4% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5320 points

5426 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1456 points

1483 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5422 points

5747 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1517 points

1581 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

Identical

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.3 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

Identical

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

430th of 1,089

408th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3500 vs Core i5-8600K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8600K is faster than the Ryzen 5 3500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Both the Ryzen 5 3500 and Core i5-8600K have the same clock speed. A Ryzen 5 3500 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-8600K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-8600K. The Ryzen 5 3500 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.