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In short — Core i7-8700K 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 i7-8700K is 132 days older than the cheaper Core i5-8500.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-8700K
- Performs up to 1% better in Forza Horizon 4 than Core i5-8500 - 314 vs 311 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 41% cheaper than Core i7-8700K - £107.14 vs £181.02
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i7-8700K - 65 vs 95 Watts
Forza Horizon 4
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1920 x 1080
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Max
Intel Core i7-8700K Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.70GHz/12MB/Coffee Lake/95W/Graphics)
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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
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Core i7-8700K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Single-Core
1387
87.67383059418458%
Multi-Core
4844
75.18236846189663%
Intel Core i7-8700K | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
12 | Threads | 6 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
4.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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