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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8500 outperforms the more expensive Core i3-7100T on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8500 is 407 days newer than the more expensive Core i3-7100T.
Advantages of Intel Core i3-7100T
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i5-8500 - 35 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 5% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Core i3-7100T - 107 vs 102 FPS
- Up to 6% cheaper than Core i3-7100T - $99.63 vs $106.11
- Up to 10% better value when playing Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Core i3-7100T - $1.03 vs $1.15 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-7100T - 6 vs 4 threads
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i3-7100T
Desktop • Jan 3rd, 2017
FPS
102
95.32710280373831%
Value, €/FPS
€1.15/FPS
89.56521739130436%
Price, €
€117.78
93%
Intel Core i3 i3-7100T Dual-Core (2 Core) 3.40 GHz Processor - Socket H4 LGA-1151OEM Pack - 512 KB
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Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
107
100%
Value, €/FPS
€1.03/FPS
100%
Price, €
€110.59
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i3-7100T
Desktop • Jan 3rd, 2017
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i3-7100T
Desktop • Jan 3rd, 2017
Single-Core
1116
80.46142754145637%
Multi-Core
2260
46.65565648224608%
Intel Core i3-7100T | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 3rd, 2017 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Core i3 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Kaby Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 6 |
3.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
35 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
34.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| Intel HD 630 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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