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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8500 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-2500K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8500 is 2593 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-2500K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Performs up to 5% better in Baldur's Gate 3 than Core i5-2500K - 116 vs 111 FPS
- Up to 59% cheaper than Core i5-2500K - $159.99 vs $390.81
- Up to 61% better value when playing Baldur's Gate 3 than Core i5-2500K - $1.38 vs $3.52 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-2500K - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-2500K - 6 vs 4 threads
Baldur's Gate 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
116
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.38/FPS
100%
Price, $
$159.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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Core i5-2500K
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
FPS
111
95.6896551724138%
Value, $/FPS
$3.52/FPS
39.20454545454545%
Price, $
$390.81
40%
INTEL Core i5-2500K Processor - BX80623i52500K
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Updated 348792 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Core i5-2500K
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-2500K
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Single-Core
646
46.57534246575342%
Multi-Core
1921
39.657308009909165%
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | Intel Core i5-2500K |
|---|---|---|
Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Jan 9th, 2011 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Sandy Bridge |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1155 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 4 |
6 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 95 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 32 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD 3000 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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