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Core i5-8500 vs Core i3-9100F

Core i5-8500 vs Core i3-9100F: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

FPS Winner

Intel Core i5-8500

3.0 GHz | 6-core

Intel Core i5-8500 Logo
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W

Buy for £107.14 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 73987 minutes ago

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Intel Core i3-9100F

3.6 GHz | 4-core

Intel Core i3-9100F Logo
Intel Core i3-9100F Desktop Processor 4 Core Up to 4.2 GHz without Processor Graphics LGA1151 300 Series 65W

Buy for £120 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 73987 minutes ago

FPS Winner

Intel Core i5-8500

3.0 GHz | 6-core

Intel Core i5-8500 Logo
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W

Buy for £107.14 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 73987 minutes ago

vs

Intel Core i3-9100F

3.6 GHz | 4-core

Intel Core i3-9100F Logo
Intel Core i3-9100F Desktop Processor 4 Core Up to 4.2 GHz without Processor Graphics LGA1151 300 Series 65W

Buy for £120 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 73987 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-8500 outperforms the more expensive Core i3-9100F on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-8500 is 433 days older than the more expensive Core i3-9100F.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500

  • Performs up to 1% better in War Thunder than Core i3-9100F - 179 vs 178 FPS
  • Up to 11% cheaper than Core i3-9100F - £107.14 vs £120.0
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-9100F - 6 vs 4 threads
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i3-9100F doesn't have integrated graphics
This is a free version of War Thunder.
War Thunder

War Thunder

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Movie

Intel Core i5-8500 Logo
Core i5-8500

Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018


FPS

179

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

£107.14

100%

FPS Winner

Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W

Buy for £107.14 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 73987 minutes ago

Intel Core i3-9100F Logo
Core i3-9100F

Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019


FPS

178

99.4413407821229%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

£120

89%

Intel Core i3-9100F Desktop Processor 4 Core Up to 4.2 GHz without Processor Graphics LGA1151 300 Series 65W

Buy for £120 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 73987 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Movie

Intel Core i5-8500 Logo
Core i5-8500

Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018

Intel Core i3-9100F Logo
Core i3-9100F

Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-8500 Logo
Core i5-8500

Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018


Single-Core

1387

100%

Multi-Core

4844

100%

Intel Core i3-9100F Logo
Core i3-9100F

Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019


Single-Core

1374

99.06272530641672%

Multi-Core

3669

75.74318744838976%

Intel Core i5-8500 Logo

Intel Core i5-8500

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Intel Core i3-9100F Logo

Intel Core i3-9100F

Feb 14th, 2018Release Date
Apr 23rd, 2019
Core i5CollectionCore i3
Coffee LakeCodenameCoffee Lake
Intel Socket 1151SocketIntel Socket 1151
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6
Cores4
6
Threads4
3.0 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.6 GHz
4.1 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.2 GHz
65 WTDP65 W
14 nmProcess Size14 nm
30.0xMultiplier
36.0x
UHD Graphics 630
Integrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockableNo

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