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Intel logo Core i7-5930K
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General information Core i7-5930K Core i5-8500
Launched Q3 2014 Q1 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Haswell-E Coffee Lake
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 14.3 %
Turbo Clock 3.7 GHz 9.8 % 4.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 6 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 64 GB 50 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 14 nm 36.4 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-5930K Core i5-8500
Overall Score 50927 0 % 49998 1.8 %
Future Proof 43 % 31.7 % 63 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6726 0 % 6249 7.1 %
Single Thread Score 2030.6 18.1 % 2480.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 2932.5 MB/s 2.5 % 3007 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 153.2 MB/s 0 % 131.8 MB/s 14 %
String objects sorting 21710.8 thousand/s 0 % 16316.2 thousand/s 24.8 %
Prime numbers generation 48.3 millions/s 0 % 36.3 millions/s 24.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37698.8 millions/s 0 % 26984.7 millions/s 28.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18724.5 millions/s 16.6 % 22442.9 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5930K, Core i5-8500.

Average frames per second Core i7-5930K Core i5-8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.5 FPS 102.7 FPS
High settings 168.8 FPS 164.4 FPS
Medium settings 211.0 FPS 205.5 FPS
Low settings 263.8 FPS 256.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.6 %

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 i7-5930K Core i5-8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 140.0 FPS 138.4 FPS
High settings 224.0 FPS 221.5 FPS
Medium settings 280.1 FPS 276.8 FPS
Low settings 350.1 FPS 346.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.2 %
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