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

Very High

162

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Ultra

129

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

362

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

Maximum

182

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

High

705

FPS

Minecraft

1920 x 1080

High

774

FPS

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Core i5-8500 Alternatives

With selected game settings

Ryzen 5 5500

230 FPS+6%

$0.36/FPS

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler

Ryzen 5 5600X

238 FPS+9%

$0.5/FPS

Ryzen 5 5600

236 FPS+8%

$0.49/FPS

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler

Ryzen 7 5700

234 FPS+7%

$0.54/FPS

AMD Ryzen 7 5700 8-Core, 16-Thread Desktop Processor

Ryzen 5 3600

226 FPS+4%

$0.42/FPS

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler

Core i3-12100F

238 FPS+9%

$0.32/FPS

Intel® Core™ 12th Gen i3-12100F desktop processor, featuring PCIe Gen 5.0 & 4.0 support, DDR5 and DDR4 support. Discrete graphics required.

Ryzen 5 4500

222 FPS+2%

$0.36/FPS

AMD Ryzen 5 4500 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler

Ryzen 3 3200G

209 FPS-4%

$0.38/FPS

AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 4-Core Unlocked Desktop Processor with Radeon Graphics

Core i5-12400F

238 FPS+9%

$0.47/FPS

Intel Core i5-12400F Alder Lake CPU LGA 1700 2.5 GHz 6-Core 65W 18MB Cache Desktop Processor

Core i3-14100

243 FPS+11%

$0.45/FPS

Intel Core i3-14100 Desktop Processor 4 cores (4 P-cores + 0 E-cores) up to 4.7 GHz

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Xeon X5650

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Xeon X5670

6 Cores @ 2.93 GHz

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Xeon X5660

6 Cores @ 2.8 GHz

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Core i7-980X

6 Cores @ 3.33 GHz

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Xeon W3680

6 Cores @ 3.33 GHz

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Xeon E5645

6 Cores @ 2.4 GHz

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Xeon X5677

4 Cores @ 3.47 GHz

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Xeon X5680

6 Cores @ 3.33 GHz

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Core i3-350M

2 Cores @ 2.27 GHz

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Core i5-430M

2 Cores @ 2.27 GHz

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Core i5-540M

2 Cores @ 2.53 GHz

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Core i7-620M

2 Cores @ 2.67 GHz

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Core i5-8500

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My Games With Core i5-8500

League of Legends

Grand Theft Auto V

Counter-Strike 2

World of Warcraft

Minecraft

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