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Intel i5-8500 6-core 3 GHz Socket 1151 65W Desktop Processor AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6-core 3.4 GHz Socket 0 65W Desktop Processor

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CPU ArchitectureCoresThreadsCPU ClockCPU Turbo ClockCacheDDR3DDR4Memory BandwidthMaximum MemoryGenerationSocketThermal Design Power
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CPU Architecture The smaller CPU, the better performance

14 nm

12 nm

Cores The more Cores, the more tasks CPU can perform at the same time

6

6

Threads Threads are not physical cores, but they help with multitasking

6

12

CPU Clock The higher the clock, the more instructions CPU can execute per second

3 GHz

12% higher

3.4 GHz

CPU Turbo Clock CPU turbo clock helps to squeeze more performance by increasing base clock
5% higher

4.1 GHz

3.9 GHz

Cache CPU stores copies of the frequently used data to the cache for faster execution

9 MB

16 MB

DDR3 Type of memory CPU supports

No

No

DDR4 Type of memory CPU supports

Yes

Yes

Memory Bandwidth The more bandwidth, the faster data is transfered between CPU and RAM

41.6 GB/s

5% faster

43.7 GB/s

Maximum Memory The maximum amount of memory CPU can support

128 GB

64 GB

Generation

8

0

Socket

1151

0

Thermal Design Power Typical power consumption of the Central Processing Unit

65 Watts

65 Watts

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CPU Architecture 12 nm vs 14 nm CPU architecture size is (2nm) 14% bigger
Threads 12 vs 6 (6) 50% more logical cores
CPU Clock 3.4 GHz vs 3 GHz Clock speed is (0.4GHz) 12% higher
Cache 16 MB vs 9 MB (7MB) 44% bigger processor cache memory
Memory Bandwidth 43.7 GB/s vs 41.6 GB/s Memory bandwidth is (2.1GB/s) 5% faster
CONS 2
CPU Turbo Clock 3.9 GHz vs 4.1 GHz Turbo clock speed is (0.2GHz) 5% lower
Maximum Memory 64 GB vs 128 GB Maximium memory is (64GB) 50% less
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