AMD Ryzen 5 3600 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

4980 points
59% significantly better overall score
3124 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6742 points
33% slightly better gaming score
5063 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4418 points
74% significantly better multitasking score
2528 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4279 points
76% significantly better heavy workload score
2428 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.67 points
135% significantly higher Blender score
56.83 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6809 points
72% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3954 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1560 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1137 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6899 points
66% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4152 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1613 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1193 points

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

3.6 GHz
71% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
20% 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

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

32 MiB
255% significantly more L3 cache
9 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

352nd 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

2019 July
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 3600 vs Core i5-8500T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3600 beats the Core i5-8500T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8500T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 3600 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8500T. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8500T outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3600 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 3600 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8500T. The Ryzen 5 3600 also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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