AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i5-8500
            AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
            
                $229
            
        
    
            Intel Core i5-8500
            
                $192
            
        
    | 
                             6 Cores 
                            12 Threads 
                            3.6GHz Clock 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             6 Cores 
                            6 Threads 
                            3GHz Clock 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             Socket 
                            AM4 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             Socket 
                            LGA 1151 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             iGPU 
                            
                                No GPU 
                            
                            - - 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             iGPU 
                            
                                UHD 630 1100MHz
                            
                            420 GFLOPS FP32 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                                         
                                            
                                                GB6S 1,260
                                            
                                             
                                    31% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            
                                                GB6S 1,395
                                            
                                             
                                    34% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            
                                                GB6M 5,300
                                            
                                             
                                    20% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            
                                                GB6M 4,865
                                            
                                             
                                    18% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         CB23S 1,095 
                                            42% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         CB23S 1,050 
                                            40% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         CB23M 7,525 
                                            17% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         CB23M 5,540 
                                            13% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            AMD
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            Intel
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Zen+
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Skylake
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Family 
                                        
                                            Ryzen 2000
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Family 
                                        
                                            Core 8th Gen
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
                            
| 
                                         Instruction Set (ISA) 
                                        x86-64 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Instruction Set (ISA) 
                                        x86-64 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Codename 
                                        Pinnacle Ridge 
                                        Zeppelin 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Codename 
                                        Coffee Lake-S 
                                        - 
                                        Coffee Lake-6C 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Market Segment 
                                        Desktop 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Market Segment 
                                        Desktop 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Release Date 
                                        4/19/2018 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Release Date 
                                        1/1/2018 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Foundry 
                                        GlobalFoundries 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Foundry 
                                        Intel 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Node 
                                        12LP 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Node 
                                        14nm++ 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Die Size 
                                        213 mm² 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Die Size 
                                        150 mm² 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Transistor Count 
                                        4.8 Billion 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Transistor Count 
                                        2.5 Billion 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         6 Cores 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         6 Cores 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         12 Threads 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         6 Threads 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        3.6GHz 
                                        4.2GHz Boost 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        3GHz 
                                        4.1GHz Boost 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Overclocking 
                                        Unlocked 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Overclocking 
                                        Locked 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Type 
                                        PCIe 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Type 
                                        DMI 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Transfer Rate 
                                        8GT/s 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Transfer Rate 
                                        8GT/s 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Lanes 
                                        4 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Lanes 
                                        4 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Bandwidth 
                                        4GB/s 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bandwidth 
                                        4GB/s 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Bi-directional 
                                        8GB/s 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bi-directional 
                                        8GB/s 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         L0 Instruction 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L0 Instruction 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         L0 Data 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L0 Data 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         L1 Instruction 
                                        64KB/Core 
                                        4-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L1 Instruction 
                                        32KB/Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         L1 Data 
                                        32KB/Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L1 Data 
                                        32KB/Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         L2 
                                        512KB/Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L2 
                                        256KB/Core 
                                        4-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         L3 
                                        - 
                                        16MB Shared 
                                        - 
                                        16-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L3 
                                        - 
                                        9MB Shared 
                                        - 
                                        16-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         Channels 
                                        2 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Channels 
                                        2 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Max Memory 
                                        64GB 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Max Memory 
                                        128GB 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         ECC 
                                        Not Supported 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         ECC 
                                        Not Supported 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Bus Width/Channel 
                                        64Bit 
                                        Bus Width 
                                        128Bit 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bus Width/Channel 
                                        64Bit 
                                        Bus Width 
                                        128Bit 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Clock 
                                        1467MHz 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        2933MT/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Clock 
                                        1333MHz 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        2666MT/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Bandwidth/Channel 
                                        23.5GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        46.9GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bandwidth/Channel 
                                        21.3GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        42.7GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         TDP 
                                        95W 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         TDP 
                                        65W 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Temp 
                                        100°C Max 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Included Cooler 
                                        
                                            Wraith Spire
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Included Cooler 
                                        
                                            Stock Cooler 115x-Al v2
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         PCIe 3.0 x20 Lanes 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         PCIe 3.0 x16 Lanes 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                            
                                             No GPU 
                                        
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            UHD 630 1100MHz
                                        
                                         192 Shaders 
                                        1100MHz 
                                        420 GFLOPS FP32 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         No NPU 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         No NPU 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         -  
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                                         -  
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
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                                         No Cellular 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                         No Cellular 
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