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Intel logo Core i5-8500
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Intel logo Core i7-2600

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General information Core i5-8500 Core i7-2600
Launched Q1 2018 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Sandy Bridge
Clock 3 GHz 11.8 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.1 GHz 0 % 3.8 GHz 7.3 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 6 25 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 9 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 2000
Performance Core i5-8500 Core i7-2600
Overall Score 49873 0 % 43115 13.6 %
Future Proof 63 % 0 % 21 % 66.7 %
Benchmark Score 6187 0 % 3456 44.1 %
Single Thread Score 2462.5 0 % 1726.1 29.9 %
Encrypting Data 2996.9 MB/s 0 % 1603.2 MB/s 46.5 %
Compressing Data 133.6 MB/s 0 % 87.3 MB/s 34.6 %
String objects sorting 16408.6 thousand/s 0 % 13238 thousand/s 19.3 %
Prime numbers generation 35.9 millions/s 0 % 24.1 millions/s 32.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 26863.7 millions/s 0 % 20684.2 millions/s 23 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 22339.8 millions/s 0 % 7703.2 millions/s 65.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-8500, Core i7-2600.

Average frames per second Core i5-8500 Core i7-2600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 102.8 FPS 82.7 FPS
High settings 164.5 FPS 132.4 FPS
Medium settings 205.6 FPS 165.5 FPS
Low settings 257.0 FPS 206.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.5 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-8500 Core i7-2600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 138.3 FPS 126.4 FPS
High settings 221.4 FPS 202.3 FPS
Medium settings 276.7 FPS 252.9 FPS
Low settings 345.9 FPS 316.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.6 %
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