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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8500 outperforms the more expensive Core i7-2600S on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8500 is 2593 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-2600S.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 3% better in Resident Evil Village than Core i7-2600S - 300 vs 292 FPS
- Up to 29% cheaper than Core i7-2600S - $166.03 vs $235.0
- Up to 31% better value when playing Resident Evil Village than Core i7-2600S - $0.55 vs $0.8 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i7-2600S
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 8 vs 6 threads
Resident Evil Village
Resolution
1920 x 1080
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Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
300
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.55/FPS
100%
Price, $
$166.03
100%
FPS and 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 i7-2600S Quad-Core Processor 2.8 GHz 8 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623I72600S
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1920 x 1080
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Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Core i7-2600S
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | Intel Core i7-2600S |
|---|---|---|
Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Jan 9th, 2011 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Sandy Bridge |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1155 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
| 6 | Threads | 8 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD 2000 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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