Core i5-8500 vs i3-9100
Description
Both models i5-8500 and i3-9100 are based on Coffee Lake architecture.
Coffee Lake is the second refinement of Intel’s 14nm (Tri-Gate) technology. While it uses LGA1151 socket, it is incompatible with previous generations due to electrical changes in socket’s pins so these CPUs require Z370 chipset. This kind of generation introduced more cores in every range to compete with new AMD’s architecture. Coffee Lake uses DDR4 memory at 2400MHz for i3 and at 2666MHz for i5, i7 CPUs plus iGPU frequency has been increased 50MHz with respect to previous generation.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-8500 gets a score of 307.5 k points while the i3-9100 gets 229.2 k points.
Summarizing, the i5-8500 is 1.3 times faster than the i3-9100. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Coffee Lake is the second refinement of Intel’s 14nm (Tri-Gate) technology. While it uses LGA1151 socket, it is incompatible with previous generations due to electrical changes in socket’s pins so these CPUs require Z370 chipset. This kind of generation introduced more cores in every range to compete with new AMD’s architecture. Coffee Lake uses DDR4 memory at 2400MHz for i3 and at 2666MHz for i5, i7 CPUs plus iGPU frequency has been increased 50MHz with respect to previous generation.
Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-8500 gets a score of 307.5 k points while the i3-9100 gets 229.2 k points.
Summarizing, the i5-8500 is 1.3 times faster than the i3-9100. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
906ea
906eb
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Coffee Lake-S
Base frecuency
3 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.1 GHz
4.2 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/6
4/4
TDP
65 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
6x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
9216 kB
6144 kB
Date
March 2018
April 2019
Mean monothread perf.
69.09k points
66.74k points
Mean multithread perf.
307.52k points
229.2k points
Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
i5-8500
i3-9100
Test#1 (Integers)
4.19k
4.3k (x1.03)
Test#2 (FP)
17.38k
17.79k (x1.02)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.46k
5.58k (x1.02)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.92k
8.86k (x0.74)
TOTAL
38.96k
36.53k (x0.94)
Multithread
i5-8500
i3-9100
Test#1 (Integers)
27.67k
15.99k (x0.58)
Test#2 (FP)
94.07k
66.31k (x0.7)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
29.05k
20.75k (x0.71)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.39k
4.44k (x1.01)
TOTAL
155.18k
107.49k (x0.69)
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
i3-9100
Test#1 (Integers)
15.22k
15.53k (x1.02)
Test#2 (FP)
22.02k
22.21k (x1.01)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.75k
5.79k (x1.01)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.17k
8.31k (x0.68)
TOTAL
55.17k
51.84k (x0.94)
Multithread
i5-8500
i3-9100
Test#1 (Integers)
87.78k
58.56k (x0.67)
Test#2 (FP)
126.73k
86.17k (x0.68)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
32.93k
22.4k (x0.68)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.22k
4.55k (x1.08)
TOTAL
251.65k
171.69k (x0.68)
AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
i5-8500
i3-9100
Test#1 (Integers)
15.21k
14.81k (x0.97)
Test#2 (FP)
22.94k
22.15k (x0.97)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.54k
5.42k (x0.98)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.39k
4.8k (x0.42)
TOTAL
55.07k
47.17k (x0.86)
Multithread
i5-8500
i3-9100
Test#1 (Integers)
79.52k
52.08k (x0.65)
Test#2 (FP)
107.78k
87.45k (x0.81)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
31.89k
20.98k (x0.66)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.37k
4.24k (x0.32)
TOTAL
232.55k
164.75k (x0.71)
AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i5-8500
i3-9100
Test#1 (Integers)
27.36k
28.03k (x1.02)
Test#2 (FP)
24.27k
24.5k (x1.01)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.69k
5.73k (x1.01)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.77k
8.48k (x0.72)
TOTAL
69.09k
66.74k (x0.97)
Multithread
i5-8500
i3-9100
Test#1 (Integers)
144.77k
107.5k (x0.74)
Test#2 (FP)
129.04k
95.11k (x0.74)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
29.53k
22.02k (x0.75)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.18k
4.57k (x1.09)
TOTAL
307.52k
229.2k (x0.75)
Performance/W
i5-8500
i3-9100
Test#1 (Integers)
2227 points/W
1654 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1985 points/W
1463 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
454 points/W
339 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
64 points/W
70 points/W
TOTAL
4731 points/W
3526 points/W
Performance/GHz
i5-8500
i3-9100
Test#1 (Integers)
6673 points/GHz
6675 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5920 points/GHz
5833 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1388 points/GHz
1365 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2870 points/GHz
2018 points/GHz
TOTAL
16850 points/GHz
15891 points/GHz
Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.
Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.
Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.
Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.
If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.
If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.
Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
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