Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Core i5-8500 comparison
In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3600XT beats the Core i5-8500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8500 in all gaming tests too.
Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 5 3600XT has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3600XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8500. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8500 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3600XT 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 3600XT has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8500. The Ryzen 5 3600XT 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 3600XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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