AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X vs Intel Core i5 8500
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2020
Apr 2018
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 2
Coffee Lake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
UHD Graphics 630
Processor Number
—
i5-8500
Package
Transistor Count
19.2 billions
—
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
14 nm
Socket
sTRX4
LGA-1151
Power Consumption
280 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
64
6
Performance Core Threads
128
6
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.9 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.3 GHz
4.1 GHz
Total Core Count
64
6
Total Thread Count
128
6
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
29x
30x
L1 Cache
96 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
128 MB shared
9 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
256 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
95.37 GB/s
41.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
64
16
Extended Instruction Set
—
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Base Frequency
—
350 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
1100 MHz
Shader Units
—
192
Texture Units
—
24
Raster Operation Units
—
3
Execution Units
—
24
Power Consumption
—
15 W
Max Resolution
—
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,262
1,051
Cinebench R23
75,671
5,502
Geekbench 6
1,138
1,372
Geekbench 5
1,265
1,022
Geekbench 6
11,211
5,468
Geekbench 5
27,453
4,846
Passmark CPU
2,564
2,460
Passmark CPU
80,316
9,561
Blender
—
98
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.