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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8500 outperforms the more expensive Core i7-7700 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 i7-7700.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Up to 19% cheaper than Core i7-7700 - £168.88 vs £208.88
- Up to 19% better value when playing Horizon Zero Dawn than Core i7-7700 - £0.97 vs £1.2 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i7-7700
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 8 vs 6 threads
Horizon Zero Dawn
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultimate
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
174
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.97/FPS
100%
Price, £
£168.88
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Intel Core i7-7700 Retail - (1151/Quad Core/3.60GHz/8MB/Kabylake/65W/Graphics) - BX80677I77700
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultimate
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Core i7-7700
Desktop • Jan 3rd, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | Intel Core i7-7700 |
|---|---|---|
Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Jan 3rd, 2017 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Kaby Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
| 6 | Threads | 8 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | HD 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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