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In short — Core i5-8500 outperforms the cheaper Core i7-6700 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-8500 is 959 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-6700.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 1% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Core i7-6700 - 187 vs 185 FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6700
- Up to 10% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - £96.66 vs £107.14
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 8 vs 6 threads
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Intel Core i7 Quad-Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Processor CPU
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Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Core i7-6700
Desktop • Jul 1st, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-6700
Desktop • Jul 1st, 2015
Single-Core
1293
93.2227829848594%
Multi-Core
4140
85.46655656482245%
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | Intel Core i7-6700 |
|---|---|---|
Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Jul 1st, 2015 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
| 6 | Threads | 8 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.0 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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