Intel Core i5-8500 vs AMD FX-9830P

Last updated: 2023-08-11

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-8500		AMD FX-9830P
CPU comparison Intel Core i5-8500 or AMD FX-9830P - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Intel Core i5-8500 has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-8500 was released in Q1/2018. The AMD FX-9830P has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD FX-9830P was released in Q2/2016.

Intel Core i5 (331)	Family	AMD FX (30)
Intel Core i 8000 (20)	CPU group	AMD FX-9800 (2)
8	Generation	4
Coffee Lake S	Architecture	Excavator (Bristol Ridge)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
Intel Core i5-7500	Predecessor	--
Intel Core i5-9500	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i5-8500 is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (4.10 GHz). The AMD FX-9830P has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (3.70 GHz).
Intel Core i5-8500	Characteristic	AMD FX-9830P
6	Cores	4
6	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.00 GHz	Frequency	3.00 GHz
4.10 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.70 GHz
3.70 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.40 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Core i5-8500	Characteristic	AMD FX-9830P
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
Intel UHD Graphics 630	GPU	AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge)
0.35 GHz	GPU frequency	0.90 GHz
1.15 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
9.5	GPU Generation	6
14 nm	Technology	28 nm
3	Max. displays	2
24	Compute units	8
192	Shader	512
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
64 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
12	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Intel UHD Graphics 630	GPU	AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge)
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i5-8500 supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD FX-9830P can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Core i5-8500	Characteristic	AMD FX-9830P
DDR4-2666	Memory	DDR4-2400
128 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
42.7 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	2.00 MB
9.00 MB	L3 Cache	--
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
16	PCIe lanes	8
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	7.9 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i5-8500 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the AMD FX-9830P is 35 W.
Intel Core i5-8500	Characteristic	AMD FX-9830P
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	35 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	45 W
--	TDP down	25 W
--	Tjunction max.	90 °C
Technical details The Intel Core i5-8500 has a 9.00 MB cache, while the AMD FX-9830P cache has a total of 2.00 MB.
Intel Core i5-8500	Characteristic	AMD FX-9830P
14 nm	Technology	28 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4
LGA 1151-2	Socket	FP4
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems
Q1/2018	Release date	Q2/2016
190 $	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-8500 (100%)

AMD FX-9830P (53%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-8500 (100%)

AMD FX-9830P (31%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-8500 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	1052 (100%)
	AMD FX-9830P 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	597 (57%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-8500 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	5612 (100%)
	AMD FX-9830P 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1653 (29%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-8500 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	1086 (100%)
	AMD FX-9830P 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	538 (50%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-8500 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	4761 (100%)
	AMD FX-9830P 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1512 (32%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-8500 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	403 (100%)
	AMD FX-9830P 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	225 (56%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-8500 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	2287 (100%)
	AMD FX-9830P 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	641 (28%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Core i5-8500 Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz	442 (48%)
	AMD FX-9830P AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) @ 0.90 GHz	928 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i5-8500 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	9600 (100%)
	AMD FX-9830P 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	3399 (35%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-8500 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	174 (100%)
	AMD FX-9830P 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	86 (49%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-8500 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	934 (100%)
	AMD FX-9830P 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	276 (30%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i5-8500 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	1364 (100%)
	AMD FX-9830P 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i5-8500 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	5297 (100%)
	AMD FX-9830P 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	Intel Core i5-8500 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	98 (100%)
	AMD FX-9830P 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i5-8500 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	464 (100%)
	AMD FX-9830P 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i5-8500 6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz	2563 (100%)
	AMD FX-9830P 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Core i5-8500	AMD FX-9830P
HP EliteDesk 800 G4 DM mit i5-8500 HP ProDesk 400 G5 SFF mit i5-8500	Unknown

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