Ryzen 5 3600 vs Core i5-8500 specs and performance
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3600 is faster than the Core i5-8500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8500 in all gaming tests too.
When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 3600 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8500. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 3600 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8500. The Ryzen 5 3600 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 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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