Intel Core i5-8500

The Intel Core i5-8500 operates with:

CPU Cores 6.

CPU Threads: 6.

Performance-enhancing, system-enhancing technology that works faster and saves battery with:

Turbo: 4.10 GHz base 3.70 GHz all cores.

TDP: 65 W.

The processor is attached to:

CPU socket: LGA 1151-2.

This version includes

9.00 MB of L3 cache on one chip

Supports 2 memory channels to support DDR4-2666 RAM and features 3.0 PCIe Gen 16 lanes.

Tjunction keeps below -- degrees C.

In particular, Coffee Lake S Architecture is enhanced with:

Technology: 14 nm

Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d.

The product was released on Q1/2018.

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CPU generation and family

Name:

Intel Core i5-8500

Family:

Intel Core i5

CPU group:

Intel Core i 8000

Predecessor:

Intel Core i5-7500

Segment:

Desktop / Server

Generation:

Successor:

Intel Core i5-9500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Frequency:

3.00 GHz

Turbo (1 Core):

4.10 GHz

Turbo (64 Cores)::

Hyperthreading:

Core architecture:

normal

CPU Cores:

CPU Threads:

Overclocking:

Memory & PCIe

Memory type:

DDR4-2666

PCIe version:

3.0

Memory channels:

PCIe version:

3.0

PCIe lanes:

Encryption

AES-NI:

Yes

Internal Graphics

Memory type:

DDR4-2666

GPU name:

Intel UHD Graphics 630

GPU frequency:

0.35 GHz

GPU (Turbo):

1.15 GHz

Generation:

DirectX Version:

Execution units:

Shader:

192

Max memory:

Max. displays:

Technology:

14 nm

Release date:

Q4/2017

Technical details

Instruction set (ISA):

x86-64 (64 bit)

Architecture:

Coffee Lake S

L2-Cache:

Virtualization:

VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

L3-Cache:

9.00 MB

Release date:

Q1/2018

Socket:

LGA 1151-2

Thermal Management

TDP (PL1):

65 W

TDP (PL2):

TDP Up:

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Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

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

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

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

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Intel Core i5-8500B 52.6 (85%)

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