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Intel logo Core i5-8500
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General information Core i5-8500 Core i7-3820
Launched Q1 2018 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 3 GHz 16.7 % 3.6 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 50 % 130 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 × 10 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core i5-8500 Core i7-3820
Overall Score 49874 0 % 43918 11.9 %
Future Proof 63 % 0 % 28 % 55.6 %
Benchmark Score 6187 0 % 3720 39.9 %
Single Thread Score 2457.5 0 % 1742 29.1 %
Encrypting Data 3004.9 MB/s 0 % 1718.4 MB/s 42.8 %
Compressing Data 131.7 MB/s 0 % 92.9 MB/s 29.5 %
String objects sorting 16416.6 thousand/s 0 % 13968 thousand/s 14.9 %
Prime numbers generation 36.2 millions/s 0 % 28.1 millions/s 22.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 26652.8 millions/s 0 % 21740.7 millions/s 18.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 22614.1 millions/s 0 % 8224.1 millions/s 63.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-8500, Core i7-3820.

Average frames per second Core i5-8500 Core i7-3820
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 102.8 FPS 85.1 FPS
High settings 164.5 FPS 136.2 FPS
Medium settings 205.7 FPS 170.3 FPS
Low settings 257.1 FPS 212.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.2 %

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 i7-3820
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 138.4 FPS 128.0 FPS
High settings 221.5 FPS 204.8 FPS
Medium settings 276.9 FPS 256.0 FPS
Low settings 346.1 FPS 320.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.5 %
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