Core i5-8500T
Performance
Description
The Core i5-8500T is a cpu manufactured by Intel that was released on March 2018. This model has 6 Coffee Lake-S cores , runs at 2100 MHz as base frequency and has a a thermal design power of 35 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) i5-8500T CPU @ 2.10GHz
CPUID
906ea
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/6
TDP
35 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
6x256 kB
Cache L3
9216 kB
Release date
March 2018
Mean monothread perf.
59.27k points
Mean multithread perf.
251.82k 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)
3.56k
19.37k (x5.4)
Test#2 (FP)
14.76k
82.35k (x5.6)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.46k
24.6k (x5.5)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.72k
2.97k (x0.3)
TOTAL
31.5k
129.29k (x4.1)
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)
12.93k
71.15k (x5.5)
Test#2 (FP)
18.61k
102.74k (x5.5)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.76k
26.6k (x5.6)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.05k
2.9k (x0.3)
TOTAL
46.36k
203.39k (x4.4)
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)
12.92k
71.25k (x5.5)
Test#2 (FP)
19.47k
91.16k (x4.7)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.62k
24.45k (x5.3)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.6k
2.85k (x0.3)
TOTAL
46.6k
189.71k (x4.1)
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)
23.13k
125.17k (x5.4)
Test#2 (FP)
20.7k
98.07k (x4.7)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.71k
25.57k (x5.4)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.73k
3.01k (x0.3)
TOTAL
59.27k
251.82k (x4.2)
RAM models tested along with this CPU
Model
Type
Frequency
Size
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 i5-8500T
Core i5-8500T (This model)
Mode FPU monothread [31.5k points]
Mode FPU multithread [129.29k points]
Mode AVX2 monothread [59.27k points]
Mode AVX2 multithread [251.82k points]
Mode FPU monothread [34.35k points +9.07%]
Mode FPU multithread [133.63k points +3.35%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [61.46k points +3.69%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [274.02k points +8.81%]
Mode FPU monothread [37.15k points +17.96%]
Mode FPU multithread [102.13k points -21.01%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [55.37k points -6.58%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [171.65k points -31.84%]
Mode FPU monothread [33.84k points +7.45%]
Mode FPU multithread [153.46k points +18.69%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [57.85k points -2.40%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [307.18k points +21.98%]
Mode FPU monothread [29.09k points -7.65%]
Mode FPU multithread [59.51k points -53.97%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [48.16k points -18.74%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [97.27k points -61.37%]
Mode FPU monothread [39.34k points +24.90%]
Mode FPU multithread [101.16k points -21.76%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [67.61k points +14.08%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [234.65k points -6.82%]
Mode FPU monothread [29.29k points -7.01%]
Mode FPU multithread [59.27k points -54.16%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [48.67k points -17.88%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [86.94k points -65.48%]
Mode FPU monothread [38.64k points +22.69%]
Mode FPU multithread [122.68k points -5.11%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [67.33k points +13.60%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [257.52k points +2.26%]
Mode FPU monothread [32.2k points +2.22%]
Mode FPU multithread [129.57k points +0.21%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [63.22k points +6.66%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [254.56k points +1.09%]
Mode FPU monothread [43.19k points +37.11%]
Mode FPU multithread [137.58k points +6.41%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [74.6k points +25.86%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [345.73k points +37.29%]
Mode FPU monothread [36.05k points +14.45%]
Mode FPU multithread [82.84k points -35.93%]
Mode AVX2 monothread [64.2k points +8.31%]
Mode AVX2 multithread [166.12k points -34.03%]
FPU mode comparison
Monothread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
3.56k
This model
Multithread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
19.37k
This model
Monothread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
14.76k
This model
Multithread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
82.35k
This model
Monothread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
4.46k
This model
Multithread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
24.6k
This model
Monothread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
8.72k
This model
Multithread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
2.97k
This model
SSE mode comparison
Monothread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
12.93k
This model
Multithread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
71.15k
This model
Monothread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
18.61k
This model
Multithread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
102.74k
This model
Monothread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
4.76k
This model
Multithread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
26.6k
This model
Monothread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
10.05k
This model
Multithread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
2.9k
This model
AVX mode comparison
Monothread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
12.92k
This model
Multithread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
71.25k
This model
Monothread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
19.47k
This model
Multithread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
91.16k
This model
Monothread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
4.62k
This model
Multithread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
24.45k
This model
Monothread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
9.6k
This model
Multithread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
2.85k
This model
AVX2 mode comparison
Monothread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
23.13k
This model
Multithread integers operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
125.17k
This model
Monothread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
20.7k
This model
Multithread floating point operations
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
98.07k
This model
Monothread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
4.71k
This model
Multithread generic test (Zip compression)
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
25.57k
This model
Monothread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
10.73k
This model
Multithread memory performance
Model
Score
Intel Core i5-8500T
3.01k
This model
Hardlimit Benchmark Central - Ver. 3.11.4