Intel Core i5-8500B vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X

Last updated: 2023-05-08

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-8500B		AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
CPU comparison Intel Core i5-8500B or AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X - 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 i5-8500B has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-8500B was released in Q1/2018. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X was released in Q3/2017.

Intel Core i5 (331)	Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (13)
Intel Core i 8000 (20)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1000 (3)
8	Generation	1
Coffee Lake S	Architecture	Whitehaven (Zen)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i5-8500B is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (4.10 GHz). The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.80 GHz (4.00 GHz).
Intel Core i5-8500B	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
6	Cores	8
6	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
3.00 GHz	Frequency	3.80 GHz
4.10 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.00 GHz
3.70 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	4.00 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 i5-8500B	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
--	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	no iGPU
0.35 GHz	GPU frequency	--
1.15 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
9.5	GPU Generation	--
14 nm	Technology
3	Max. displays
24	Compute units	--
192	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
64 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	--

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	no iGPU
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i5-8500B supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X can connect up to GB of memory in 4 memory channels.
Intel Core i5-8500B	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
DDR4-2666	Memory	DDR4-2666
64 GB	Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	4 (Quad Channel)
42.7 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	85.4 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	4.00 MB
9.00 MB	L3 Cache	16.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
16	PCIe lanes	64
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	63.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i5-8500B has a TDP of 65 W, that of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X is 180 W.
Intel Core i5-8500B	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	180 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Core i5-8500B has a 9.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X cache has a total of 20.00 MB.
Intel Core i5-8500B	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
14 nm	Technology	14 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 1440	Socket	TR4 (SP3r2)
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2018	Release date	Q3/2017
190 $	Release price	549 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-8500B (100%)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X (93%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 5 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-8500B (66%)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X (100%)

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 i5-8500B 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	1086 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	986 (91%)

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 i5-8500B 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	4689 (68%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	6909 (100%)

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 i5-8500B 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	1364 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	1136 (83%)

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 i5-8500B 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	5220 (92%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	5703 (100%)

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 i5-8500B 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	403 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	403 (100%)

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 i5-8500B 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	2287 (62%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	3678 (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 i5-8500B 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	9094 (53%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	17040 (100%)

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 i5-8500B 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	174 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	168 (97%)

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 i5-8500B 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	934 (55%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	1709 (100%)

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 i5-8500B 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	1052 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)

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 i5-8500B 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	5612 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)

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 i5-8500B Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz	442 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X @ 0.00 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 i5-8500B 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	96 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Intel Core i5-8500B 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	215.1 (100%)

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 i5-8500B 6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	4699 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Core i5-8500B	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X
Apple Mac mini (2018)	Unknown

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