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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-8500 outperforms the cheaper Core i7-7700T on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i7-7700T is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-8500 is 407 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-7700T.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 3% better in Grand Theft Auto V than Core i7-7700T - 129 vs 125 FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i7-7700T
- Up to 14% cheaper than Core i5-8500 - $150.0 vs $174.96
- Up to 12% better value when playing Grand Theft Auto V than Core i5-8500 - $1.2 vs $1.36 per FPS
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i5-8500 - 35 vs 65 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 8 vs 6 threads
Grand Theft Auto V
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Intel Core i7 i7-7700T Quad-core (4 Core) 2.90 GHz Processor - Socket H4 LGA-1151OEM Pack - 1 MB
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Core i7-7700T
Desktop • Jan 3rd, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | Intel Core i7-7700T |
|---|---|---|
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 | 2.9 GHz |
4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 35 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | HD 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-8500 or Core i7-7700T
Grand Theft Auto V, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
46 FPS
$19.54/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile
Core i7-7700T
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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