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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $196
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MSRP in USD: $196
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-13400F outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-13400F is 1785 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8500.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Up to 6% cheaper than Core i5-13400F - £168.88 vs £179.99
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-13400F doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i5-13400F
- Performs up to 26% better in Far Cry 6 than Core i5-8500 - 151 vs 120 FPS
- Up to 16% better value when playing Far Cry 6 than Core i5-8500 - £1.19 vs £1.41 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 16 vs 6 threads
Far Cry 6
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Core i5-13400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023
FPS
151
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.19/FPS
100%
Price, £
£179.99
93%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-13400F Desktop Processor 10 cores (6 P-cores + 4 E-cores) 20MB Cache, up to 4.6 GHz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Core i5-13400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | Intel Core i5-13400F |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2023 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 10 |
| 6 | Threads | 16 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-8500 or Core i5-13400F
Far Cry 6, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
122 FPS
£9.43/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i5-13400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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98 FPS
£8.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i5-13400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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98 FPS
£8.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i5-13400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£880.99
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122 FPS
£10.82/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i5-13400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,319.95
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106 FPS
£10.75/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Core i5-13400F
16 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,139
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