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General information Core i5-8500 Core i7-3930K
Launched Q1 2018 Q4 2011
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 6.3 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.1 GHz 0 % 3.8 GHz 7.3 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 6 50 % 12 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
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 9 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core i5-8500 Core i7-3930K
Overall Score 49998 0 % 48113 3.8 %
Future Proof 63 % 0 % 27 % 57.1 %
Benchmark Score 6249 0 % 5359 14.2 %
Single Thread Score 2480.7 0 % 1737 30 %
Encrypting Data 3007 MB/s 0 % 2524 MB/s 16.1 %
Compressing Data 131.8 MB/s 2.7 % 135.5 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 16316.2 thousand/s 20.5 % 20523.6 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 36.3 millions/s 4.4 % 38 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 26984.7 millions/s 16.3 % 32241.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 22442.9 millions/s 0 % 11922 millions/s 46.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-8500, Core i7-3930K.

Average frames per second Core i5-8500 Core i7-3930K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 102.7 FPS 97.1 FPS
High settings 164.4 FPS 155.4 FPS
Medium settings 205.5 FPS 194.3 FPS
Low settings 256.8 FPS 242.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.4 %

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 i7-3930K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 138.4 FPS 135.1 FPS
High settings 221.5 FPS 216.1 FPS
Medium settings 276.8 FPS 270.1 FPS
Low settings 346.0 FPS 337.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.4 %
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