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Core i7-8700 vs Core i5-8500

Core i7-8700 vs Core i5-8500: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

FPS Winner

Intel Core i7-8700

3.2 GHz | 6-core

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Intel Core i7-8700 Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.20GHz/12MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics)

Buy for £165.86 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 78016 minutes ago

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Intel Core i5-8500

3.0 GHz | 6-core

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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 78016 minutes ago

FPS Winner

Intel Core i7-8700

3.2 GHz | 6-core

Intel Core i7-8700 Logo
Intel Core i7-8700 Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.20GHz/12MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics)

Buy for £165.86 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 78016 minutes ago

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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 78016 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i7-8700 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-8700 is 44 days older than the cheaper Core i5-8500.

Advantages of Intel Core i7-8700

  • Performs up to 1% better in Death Stranding than Core i5-8500 - 227 vs 225 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 12 vs 6 threads

Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500

  • Up to 35% cheaper than Core i7-8700 - £107.14 vs £165.86
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-8700 doesn't have integrated graphics
This is a free version of Death Stranding.
Death Stranding

Death Stranding

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i7-8700 Logo
Core i7-8700

Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018


FPS

227

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

£165.86

64%

FPS Winner

Intel Core i7-8700 Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.20GHz/12MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics)

Buy for £165.86 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 78016 minutes ago

Intel Core i5-8500 Logo
Core i5-8500

Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018


FPS

225

99.11894273127754%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

£107.14

100%

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 78016 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i7-8700 Logo
Core i7-8700

Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018

Intel Core i5-8500 Logo
Core i5-8500

Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-8700 Logo
Core i7-8700

Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018


Single-Core

1513

100%

Multi-Core

5905

100%

Intel Core i5-8500 Logo
Core i5-8500

Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018


Single-Core

1387

91.67217448777264%

Multi-Core

4844

82.03217612193056%

Intel Core i7-8700 Logo

Intel Core i7-8700

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Intel Core i5-8500 Logo

Intel Core i5-8500

Jan 1st, 2018Release Date
Feb 14th, 2018
Core i7CollectionCore i5
Coffee LakeCodenameCoffee Lake
Intel Socket 1151SocketIntel Socket 1151
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores6
12
Threads6
3.2 GHz
Base Clock Speed3.0 GHz
4.6 GHz
Turbo Clock Speed4.1 GHz
65 WTDP65 W
14 nmProcess Size14 nm
32.0x
Multiplier30.0x
NoneIntegrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 630
NoOverclockableNo

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