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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-9900KF outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-8500 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-9900KF is 328 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8500.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9900KF
- Performs up to 2% better in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds than Core i5-8500 - 301 vs 294 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 16 vs 6 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500
- Up to 55% cheaper than Core i9-9900KF - $159.99 vs $359.0
- Up to 55% better value when playing PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds than Core i9-9900KF - $0.54 vs $1.19 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i9-9900KF - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i9-9900KF doesn't have integrated graphics
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-9900KF
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
FPS
301
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.19/FPS
45.378151260504204%
Price, $
$359
44%
FPS Winner
Intel BX80684I99900KF Intel Core i9-9900KF Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.0 GHz Turbo Unlocked Without Processor Graphics LGA1151 300 Series 95W
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Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
FPS
294
97.67441860465115%
Value, $/FPS
$0.54/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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Updated 349690 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-9900KF
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-8500
Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018
Single-Core
1387
82.02247191011236%
Multi-Core
4844
60.15149633676891%
Intel Core i9-9900KF | vs | Intel Core i5-8500 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 8th, 2019 | Release Date | Feb 14th, 2018 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 6 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
5.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i9-9900KF or Core i5-8500
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
135 FPS
$12.59/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i9-9900KF
32 GB, 960 GB SSD + 4 TB HDD
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