Core i5-8500
Performance
Description
The Core i5-8500 is a cpu manufactured by Intel that was released on March 2018. This model has 6 Coffee Lake-S cores , runs at 3000 MHz as base frequency and has a a thermal design power of 65 W.
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.
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.
Specs
Official name
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8500 CPU @ 3.00GHz
CPUID
906ea
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
3 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.1 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/6
TDP
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
6x256 kB
Cache L3
9216 kB
Release date
March 2018
Mean monothread perf.
69.09k points
Mean multithread perf.
307.52k 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
Multithread
Test#1 (Integers)
4.19k
27.67k (x6.6)
Test#2 (FP)
17.38k
94.07k (x5.4)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.46k
29.05k (x5.3)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.92k
4.39k (x0.4)
TOTAL
38.96k
155.18k (x4.0)
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
Multithread
Test#1 (Integers)
15.22k
87.78k (x5.8)
Test#2 (FP)
22.02k
126.73k (x5.8)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.75k
32.93k (x5.7)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.17k
4.22k (x0.3)
TOTAL
55.17k
251.65k (x4.6)
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
Multithread
Test#1 (Integers)
15.21k
79.52k (x5.2)
Test#2 (FP)
22.94k
107.78k (x4.7)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.54k
31.89k (x5.8)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.39k
13.37k (x1.2)
TOTAL
55.07k
232.55k (x4.2)
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
Multithread
Test#1 (Integers)
27.36k
144.77k (x5.3)
Test#2 (FP)
24.27k
129.04k (x5.3)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.69k
29.53k (x5.2)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.77k
4.18k (x0.4)
TOTAL
69.09k
307.52k (x4.5)
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) [% vs time]
Test#2 (FP) [% vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [% vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [% 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) [% vs time]
Test#2 (FP) [% vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [% vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [% vs time]
Similar CPUs to Core i5-8500
Core i5-8500 (This model)
Mode FPU monothread [38.96k points]
Mode FPU multithread [155.18k points]
Mode AVX2 monothread [69.09k points]
Mode AVX2 multithread [307.52k points]
Mode FPU monothread [38.64k points -0.80%]
Mode FPU multithread [122.68k points -20.94%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [67.33k points -2.54%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [257.52k points -16.26%]
Mode FPU monothread [36.89k points -5.31%]
Mode FPU multithread [161.83k points +4.28%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [64.6k points -6.50%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [302.13k points -1.75%]
Mode FPU monothread [36.53k points -6.23%]
Mode FPU multithread [107.49k points -30.74%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [66.74k points -3.39%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [229.2k points -25.47%]
Mode FPU monothread [49.98k points +28.30%]
Mode FPU multithread [161.65k points +4.17%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [93.54k points +35.39%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [330.62k points +7.51%]
Mode FPU monothread [33.84k points -13.13%]
Mode FPU multithread [153.46k points -1.11%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [57.85k points -16.27%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [307.18k points -0.11%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [69.47k points +0.55%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [246.07k points -19.98%]
Mode FPU monothread [52.85k points +35.67%]
Mode FPU multithread [223.36k points +43.93%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [70.55k points +2.12%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [348.35k points +13.28%]
Mode FPU monothread [36.32k points -6.77%]
Mode FPU multithread [145.37k points -6.32%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [49.24k points -28.73%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [289.3k points -5.93%]
Mode FPU monothread [48.01k points +23.25%]
Mode FPU multithread [354.57k points +128.49%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [81.62k points +18.14%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [709.85k points +130.83%]
Mode FPU monothread [41.34k points +6.13%]
Mode FPU multithread [165.85k points +6.87%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [73.65k points +6.61%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [352.84k points +14.74%]
FPU mode comparison
Monothread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
4.19k
This model
Multithread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
27.67k
This model
Monothread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
17.38k
This model
Multithread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
94.07k
This model
Monothread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
5.46k
This model
Multithread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
29.05k
This model
Monothread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
11.92k
This model
Multithread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
4.39k
This model
SSE mode comparison
Monothread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
15.22k
This model
Multithread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
87.78k
This model
Monothread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
22.02k
This model
Multithread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
126.73k
This model
Monothread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
5.75k
This model
Multithread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
32.93k
This model
Monothread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
12.17k
This model
Multithread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
4.22k
This model
AVX mode comparison
Monothread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
15.21k
This model
Multithread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
79.52k
This model
Monothread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
22.94k
This model
Multithread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
107.78k
This model
Monothread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
5.54k
This model
Multithread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
31.89k
This model
Monothread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
11.39k
This model
Multithread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
13.37k
This model
AVX2 mode comparison
Monothread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
27.36k
This model
Multithread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
144.77k
This model
Monothread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
24.27k
This model
Multithread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
129.04k
This model
Monothread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
5.69k
This model
Multithread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
29.53k
This model
Monothread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
11.77k
This model
Multithread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500
4.18k
This model
Hardlimit Benchmark Central - Ver. 3.11.4