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General information Core i5-8500 Core i7-870
Launched Q1 2018 Q3 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Lynnfield
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 3.3 %
Turbo Clock 4.1 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 12.2 %
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 68.9 % 45 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
Performance Core i5-8500 Core i7-870
Overall Score 49754 0 % 37617 24.4 %
Future Proof 63 % 0 % 14 % 77.8 %
Benchmark Score 6128 0 % 2002 67.3 %
Single Thread Score 2465.4 0 % 1385 43.8 %
Encrypting Data 3032.1 MB/s 34.4 % 4621 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 133.8 MB/s 0 % 66 MB/s 50.6 %
String objects sorting 16302.5 thousand/s 0 % 9321.8 thousand/s 42.8 %
Prime numbers generation 36.3 millions/s 0 % 20.9 millions/s 42.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 26768.4 millions/s 0 % 16916 millions/s 36.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 22429.5 millions/s 0 % 7359.6 millions/s 67.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-8500, Core i7-870.

Average frames per second Core i5-8500 Core i7-870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 102.6 FPS 66.6 FPS
High settings 164.2 FPS 106.5 FPS
Medium settings 205.2 FPS 133.2 FPS
Low settings 256.5 FPS 166.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 35.1 %

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 i7-870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 138.8 FPS 117.2 FPS
High settings 222.1 FPS 187.5 FPS
Medium settings 277.6 FPS 234.4 FPS
Low settings 347.0 FPS 293.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.6 %
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