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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-6700K outperforms the more expensive Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-6700K is 928 days older than the more expensive Core i5-8500.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6700K
- Performs up to 2% better in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor than Core i5-8500 - 130 vs 127 FPS
- Up to 9% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - £116.99 vs £128.88
- Up to 11% better value when playing Star Wars Jedi: Survivor than Core i5-8500 - £0.9 vs £1.01 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 8 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Consumes up to 29% less energy than Intel Core i7-6700K - 65 vs 91 Watts
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Core i7-6700K
Desktop • Aug 1st, 2015
FPS
130
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.9/FPS
100%
Price, £
£116.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core I7-6700K Processor (4 GHz, 8 M Cache, LGA1151)
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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
Epic
Core i7-6700K
Desktop • Aug 1st, 2015
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-6700K | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 1st, 2015 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Skylake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
8 | Threads | 6 |
4.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 91 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
40.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| HD Graphics 530 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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