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Intel logo Core i7-7740X
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Intel logo Core i5-8500

Intel Core i7-7740X logo Intel Core i5-8500 logo
General information Core i7-7740X Core i5-8500
Launched Q3 2017 Q1 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Kaby Lake-X Coffee Lake
Clock 4.3 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 30.2 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 0 % 4.1 GHz 8.9 %
Cores 4 33.3 % 6 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 6 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 112 W 0 % 65 W 42 %
Maximum supported RAM 64 GB 50 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-7740X Core i5-8500
Overall Score 49927 0 % 49875 0.1 %
Future Proof 60 % 4.8 % 63 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 6214 0 % 6188 0.4 %
Single Thread Score 2686 0 % 2479.7 7.7 %
Encrypting Data 3307.3 MB/s 0 % 3035.1 MB/s 8.2 %
Compressing Data 131.9 MB/s 0.3 % 132.2 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 17459.4 thousand/s 0 % 16550.3 thousand/s 5.2 %
Prime numbers generation 30.9 millions/s 13.7 % 35.8 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 30505.8 millions/s 0 % 26734 millions/s 12.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18886.2 millions/s 16.6 % 22636.6 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-7740X, Core i5-8500.

Average frames per second Core i7-7740X Core i5-8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.0 FPS 102.8 FPS
High settings 164.7 FPS 164.5 FPS
Medium settings 205.9 FPS 205.6 FPS
Low settings 257.4 FPS 257.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.2 %

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 i7-7740X Core i5-8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 138.5 FPS 138.4 FPS
High settings 221.7 FPS 221.5 FPS
Medium settings 277.1 FPS 276.9 FPS
Low settings 346.4 FPS 346.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.1 %
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