Core i5-8500

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Cores	Threads	Base Frequency	Turbo Frequency
6	6	3.0 GHz	4.1 GHz

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Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W

Specifications

General
Release Date	Feb 14th, 2018
Segment	Desktop
Socket	Intel Socket 1151
Collection	Core i5
Codename	Coffee Lake

Performance
Cores	6
Threads	6
Base Frequency	3.0 GHz
Turbo Frequency	4.1 GHz

Other
Power Consumption	65 W
Overclockable	No
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 630

My Games With Core i5-8500

With selected game settings

1920 x 1080

Ultra

129

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

162

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Ultra

207

FPS

Escape From Tarkov

1920 x 1080

High

774

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Maximum

182

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

Epic

226

FPS

Fortnite

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With selected game settings

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108 FPS+6%

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$0.79/FPS

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Ryzen 5 5600

108 FPS+6%

$1.08/FPS

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104 FPS+2%

$1.24/FPS

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108 FPS+6%

$1.2/FPS

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109 FPS+7%

$1.22/FPS

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104 FPS+2%

$0.9/FPS

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111 FPS+9%

$0.99/FPS

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108 FPS+6%

$1.25/FPS

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Core i5-12400F

109 FPS+7%

$1.02/FPS

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Core i9-13900K

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Core i5-8500

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My Games With Core i5-8500

Grand Theft Auto V

League of Legends

Escape From Tarkov

Valorant

World of Warcraft

Fortnite

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