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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $242
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MSRP in USD: $242
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-13500 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-13500 is 1785 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8500.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Up to 35% cheaper than Core i5-13500 - $159.99 vs $244.85
Advantages of Intel Core i5-13500
- Performs up to 141% better in Cities: Skylines II than Core i5-8500 - 65 vs 27 FPS
- Up to 36% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Core i5-8500 - $3.77 vs $5.93 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 20 vs 6 threads
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
27
41.53846153846154%
Value, $/FPS
$5.93/FPS
63.57504215851603%
Price, $
$159.99
100%
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Core i5-13500
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023
FPS
65
100%
Value, $/FPS
$3.77/FPS
100%
Price, $
$244.85
65%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-13500 Desktop Processor 14 cores (6 P-cores + 8 E-cores) 24MB Cache, up to 4.8 GHz
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Updated 348673 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Core i5-13500
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Single-Core
1387
57.719517270079066%
Multi-Core
4844
39.23537988012312%
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | Intel Core i5-13500 |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2023 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 14 |
| 6 | Threads | 20 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-8500 or Core i5-13500
Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
1 FPS
$1099.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i5-13500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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