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Intel Core i5-8500 vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Last updated: 2026-07-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-8500

Rank 2 - 84 %

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 76 %

Intel Core i5-8500

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,052 pts

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

954 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz

5,612 pts

8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz

8,065 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,364

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

1,117

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz

5,297

8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz

5,478

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

403 cb

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

331 cb

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

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,086

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

852

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz

2,287 cb

8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz

3,189 cb

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

6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz

4,761

8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz

5,816

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz

8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz

128

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

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

464

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

390

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

6C / 6T · 3.00 GHz

2,563

8C / 16T · 3.00 GHz

3,883

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

174 cb

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

151 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz

934 cb

8C / 16T · 3.30 GHz

1,403 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	Intel Core i5-8500	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	AMD Ryzen 7 (79)
CPU group	Intel Core i 8000 (20)	AMD Ryzen 1000 (15)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S	Summit Ridge (Zen)
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151-2	AM4 (PGA 1331)
Predecessor	Intel Core i5-7500
Successor	Intel Core i5-9500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8500	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 6	8 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	6x	8x
Frequency:	3.00 GHz	3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.10 GHz	3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.70 GHz	3.30 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	9.00 MB	16.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8500	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 630	no iGPU
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	Intel Core i5-8500	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8500	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Memory	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	19.7 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8500	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8500	AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q1/2018	Q1/2017
Release price	190 $	300 $
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 Intel Core i5-8500 is 4.1 stars (78 ratings), while AMD Ryzen 7 1700 has received 4.2 stars (30 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen 7 1700
8C / 16T · 3.00 - 3.70 GHz

★★★★★