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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i5-8500

Last updated: 2026-06-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 94 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-8500

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

Rank 2 - 39 %

Intel Core i5-8500

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz

1,035 pts

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,052 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz

18,780 pts

6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz

5,612 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz

1,201

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,364

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz

8,710

6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz

5,297

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz

411 cb

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

403 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz

1,040

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,086

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz

6,731 cb

6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz

2,287 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz

11,370

6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz

4,761

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz

271

6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 3.40 GHz

8,719

6C / 6T · 3.00 GHz

2,563

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz

168 cb

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

174 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz

2,986 cb

6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz

934 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X	Intel Core i5-8500
Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1000 (3)	Intel Core i 8000 (20)
Architecture	Whitehaven (Zen)	Coffee Lake S
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	TR4 (SP3r2)	LGA 1151-2
Predecessor		Intel Core i5-7500
Successor	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X	Intel Core i5-9500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X	Intel Core i5-8500
CPU Cores / Threads	16 / 32	6 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	16x	6x
Frequency:	3.40 GHz	3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.00 GHz	4.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.50 GHz	3.70 GHz
L2-Cache	8.00 MB
L3-Cache	32.00 MB	9.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X	Intel Core i5-8500
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency		0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		64 GB
Technology		14 nm
Release date		Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X	Intel Core i5-8500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X	Intel Core i5-8500
Memory	DDR4-2666 (85.4 GB/s)	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory		128 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	3.0 x 64	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	63.0 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X	Intel Core i5-8500
TDP	180 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X	Intel Core i5-8500
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q3/2017	Q1/2018
Release price	999 $	190 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X is 4.6 stars (17 ratings), while Intel Core i5-8500 has received 4.0 stars (73 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
16C / 32T · 3.40 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 3.00 - 4.10 GHz

★★★★★