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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8500 outperforms the more expensive Core i7-4790S on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8500 is 1375 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-4790S.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-4790S
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 8 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 3% better in Far Cry 5 than Core i7-4790S - 209 vs 203 FPS
- Up to 39% cheaper than Core i7-4790S - $166.03 vs $271.5
- Up to 41% better value when playing Far Cry 5 than Core i7-4790S - $0.79 vs $1.34 per FPS
Far Cry 5
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i7-4790S Processor (8M Cache, 3.2 GHz) BX80646I74790S
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Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
209
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.79/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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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-4790S
Desktop • May 11th, 2014
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-4790S | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
| May 11th, 2014 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Haswell | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1150 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
8 | Threads | 6 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| Intel HD 4600 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
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