Intel Core i5 8500 vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 9965X3D
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2018
Jun 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
—
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
Granite Ridge
Processor Number
i5-8500
—
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 630
Radeon Graphics
Generation
—
Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
AMD Socket AM5
Power Consumption
65 W
170 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
95°C
Transistor Count
—
16.63 billions
Foundry
—
TSMC
Die Size
—
2x70.6 mm²
I/O Process Size
—
6 nm
I/O Die Size
—
122 mm²
Package
—
FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
—
Performance Core Threads
6
—
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.1 GHz
5.5 GHz
Total Core Count
6
16
Total Thread Count
6
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
43.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 KB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
9 MB shared
128 MB
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
128 GB
—
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
41.6 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
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
—
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5
PCIe Lanes
16
24
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
—
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,051
—
Cinebench R23
5,502
—
Geekbench 6
1,372
—
Geekbench 5
1,022
—
Geekbench 6
5,468
—
Geekbench 5
4,846
—
Blender
98
—
Passmark CPU
2,460
—
Passmark CPU
9,561
—
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.