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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-8500 outperforms the more expensive Core i9-7900X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-8500 is 233 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-7900X.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Up to 60% cheaper than Core i9-7900X - $159.99 vs $400.0
- Up to 60% better value when playing God of War than Core i9-7900X - $0.92 vs $2.3 per FPS
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i9-7900X - 65 vs 140 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i9-7900X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i9-7900X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 20 vs 6 threads
God of War
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
174
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.92/FPS
100%
Price, $
$159.99
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-8500 Desktop Processor 6 Core up to 4.1GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Core i9-7900X
Desktop • Jun 26th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Single-Core
1387
97.53867791842475%
Multi-Core
4844
55.164559845120145%
Intel Core i5-8500 | vs | Intel Core i9-7900X |
|---|---|---|
Feb 14th, 2018 | Release Date | Jun 26th, 2017 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Skylake-E/EP |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 10 |
| 6 | Threads | 20 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.3 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 140 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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