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Core i5-8500 vs Virtual CPU Version 2.5


Description
The i5-8500 is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the Version 2.5 is based on -.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-8500 gets a score of 251.7 k points while the Version 2.5 gets 85.7 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-8500 is 2.9 times faster than the Version 2.5. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ea
663
Core
Coffee Lake-S
-
Architecture
Coffee Lake
Base frecuency
3 GHz
4.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.1 GHz
4.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
-
Cores/Threads
6/6
2/2
TDP
65 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
- kB
Cache L2
6x256 kB
- kB
Cache L3
9216 kB
- kB
Date
March 2018
-
Mean monothread perf.
69.09k points
56.16k points
Mean multithread perf.
307.52k points
85.75k points

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
i5-8500
Version 2.5
Test#1 (Integers)
15.22k
15.7k (x1.03)
Test#2 (FP)
22.02k
22.8k (x1.04)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.75k
5.61k (x0.98)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.17k
12.05k (x0.99)
TOTAL
55.17k
56.16k (x1.02)

Multithread

i5-8500

Version 2.5
Test#1 (Integers)
87.78k
28.49k (x0.32)
Test#2 (FP)
126.73k
37.67k (x0.3)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
32.93k
10.09k (x0.31)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.22k
9.5k (x2.25)
TOTAL
251.65k
85.75k (x0.34)

Performance/W
i5-8500
Version 2.5
Test#1 (Integers)
1350 points/W