Intel Core i5-8500

Specifications Benchmarks Synonyms

Specifications

Technical data

Legacy catalog specifications; the original verification date is not recorded.

CPU generation and family

CPU group
Intel Core i 8000
Family
Intel Core i5
Generation
8
Name
Intel Core i5-8500
Predecessor
Intel Core i5-7500
Segment
Desktop / Server
Successor
Intel Core i5-9500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
—
B-Core
—
Base Frequency
3 GHz
C-Core
—
Core architecture
normal
CPU Cores
6
CPU Threads
6
Hyperthreading / SMT
No
Overclocking
No
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
4.1 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
3.7 GHz

Internal Graphics

DirectX Version
12
Execution units
24
Generation
9.5
GPU Frequency
350 MHz
GPU name
Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Turbo
1150 MHz
Max. displays
3
Max. GPU Memory
64 GB
Release date
Q4/2017
Shader
192
Technology
14 nm

Hardware codec support

AV1
No
H.264 / AVC
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
Decode / Encode
JPEG
Decode / Encode
VC-1
Decode
VP8
Decode / Encode
VP9
Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

ECC
No
Max. Memory
128 GB
Memory channels
2
Memory type
DDR4-2666
PCIe lanes
16
PCIe version
3.0

Encryption

AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

Maximum Operating Temperature
—
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
65 W
TDP (PL2)
—
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

Architecture
Coffee Lake S
Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
L2-Cache
—
L3-Cache
9.00 MB
Part Number
—
Release date
Q1/2018
Socket
LGA 1151-2
Technology
14 nm
Virtualization
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-8500 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

239 place
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

225 place
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

276 place
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

239 place
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

221 place
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

315 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

338 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

378 place
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

667 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

79 place
Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

186 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

33 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

173 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

10 place
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

322 place

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks Intel Core i5-8500 with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1052

Intel Core i5-8500

1067

Intel Core i7-7567U

1059

Intel Core i7-8750H

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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

5612

Intel Core i5-8500

5640

Intel Core i7-6700K

5620

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350GE

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Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

403

Intel Core i5-8500

406

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X

406

Intel Core i5-8600K

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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

2287

Intel Core i5-8500

2310

Intel Core i3-10105F

2301

Intel Core i7-5820K

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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

174

Intel Core i5-8500

176

Intel Core i3-7320

175

Intel Core i5-7600

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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

934

Intel Core i5-8500

966

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2

959

Intel Core i5-8600

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1086

Intel Core i5-8500

1092

Intel Core i7-8565U

1088

Intel Core i7-8809G

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

4761

Intel Core i5-8500

4783

Intel Core i7-9850H

4777

Apple A15 Bionic

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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

442 GFLOPS

Intel Core i5-8500

454 GFLOPS

Apple A11 Bionic

442 GFLOPS

Intel Core i3-10305

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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 SC for one CPU core, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

4337

Intel Core i5-8500

4356

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

4356

Intel Xeon E-2176M

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 MC using a multi-core and hyperthreading, includes stress tests simulating real 3D scenarios for Windows, Mac, Linux, Ansroid, iOS

Higher values are better in this metric.

18529

Intel Core i5-8500

18720

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2

18702

Intel Core i7-7700K

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in single-core mode, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

2.16

Intel Core i5-8500

2.16

Intel Core i5-8500B

2.16

Intel Xeon Gold 6144

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in multi-core mode and hyperthreading, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

9.96

Intel Core i5-8500

10.12

Intel Core i7-3970X

9.97

Intel Core i5-8400

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

The iGPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

52.6

Intel Core i5-8500

55.8

Intel Core i5-5575R

55.1

Intel Core i7-9700K

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

11501

Intel Core i5-8500

11652

Intel Xeon Silver 4110

11630

Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

All the benchmark results

Synonyms

Nearby models in the composite benchmark index.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted. Index 0–100: equal-weight mean of each score relative to the best saved score among models with both tests. Tests: Cinebench R23 Multi-Core + Geekbench 5 Multi-Core. This index does not predict performance in every workload.