Intel Core i5-8500
VS
AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
Intel Core i5-8500
VS
AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

Which to select

What to choose and what is the difference between Intel Core i5-8500 and AMD Athlon Silver 3050U? Which processor is more powerful and faster to accomplish your task? The processor with the best specifications and a winner in benchmarks is your choice!

CPU generation and family

Processor nomenclature, family, group and segment.

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

What to choose Intel Core i5-8500 or AMD Athlon Silver 3050U? The greater the value of the characteristic (highlighted in green), the better.

3.00 GHz
Frequency
2.30 GHz
6
CPU Cores
2
4.10 GHz
Turbo (1 Core)
3.20 GHz
6
CPU Threads
2
Turbo (2 Cores)
2.30 GHz
No
Hyperthreading
No
No
Overclocking
No
3.70 GHz
Turbo (6 Cores)

Internal Graphics

The graphics chip allows the processor to perform complex calculation and display tasks. The more memory and the higher the clock frequency, the better. Determine the winner, who has the better chip? Intel Core i5-8500 or AMD Athlon Silver 3050U. 

Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU name
AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
0.35 GHz
GPU frequency
1.10 GHz
1.15 GHz
GPU (Turbo)
No turbo
9.5
Generation
8
12
DirectX Version
12
24
Execution units
3
192
Shader
192
64 GB
Max. Memory
2 GB
3
Max. displays
3
14 nm
Technology
14 nm
Q4/2017
Release date
Q1/2018

Hardware codec support

Technical information that will be of interest to specialists and does not affect the performance of the processor. It can be skipped in the comparison.

Decode / Encode
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
JPEG
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 8bit
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 10bit
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode
VC-1
Decode
Decode / Encode
AVC
Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The interfaces and standards of RAM that the processor supports. The more modern the standard and the larger the memory capacity, the better.

DDR4-2666
Memory type
DDR4-2400
128 GB
Max. Memory
32 GB
2
Memory channels
2
No
ECC
Yes
3.0
PCIe version
3.0
16
PCIe lanes
8

Memory & PCIe

Encryption

Data encryption standards supported by CPUs

Yes
AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

TDP is the maximum amount of heat generated by the processor. It is used when selecting a cooling system. The higher the TDP, the more heat the cooling system will have to dissipate.

65 W
TDP
15 W
--
Tjunction max.
95 °C
--
TDP up
25 W
--
TDP down
12 W

Technical details

These are key parameters that will help you determine which CPU is better. Pay special attention to the release date, technological aspects of the manufacturing process (measured in nanometers), and the third-level cache (L3).

9.00 MB
L3-Cache
4.00 MB
14 nm
Technology
14 nm
Coffee Lake
Architecture
Dali (Zen+)
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Virtualization
AMD-V, SEV
LGA 1151-2
Socket
FP5
Q1/2018
Release date
Q1/2020
Discontinued
Market price
EM64T
Instruction set (ISA)
1.50 MB
L2-Cache
BX80684I58500
Part Number

Devices using this processor

Devices that can use this type of processor, desktop or laptop.

Office PC
Used in
Unknown

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score Intel Core i5-8500
3.3 Out of 3 CpusData Score AMD Athlon Silver 3050U