Intel Core i5-10505 vs Intel Core i5-8500T

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5099 points
63% significantly better overall score
3124 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7173 points
41% slightly better gaming score
5063 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4433 points
75% significantly better multitasking score
2528 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4285 points
76% significantly better heavy workload score
2428 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.57 points
96% significantly higher Blender score
56.83 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5432 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4152 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1554 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1193 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
100% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
31% slightly higher turbo speed
3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
35 W
85% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

338th of 1,089
521st of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-10505 vs Core i5-8500T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-10505 beats the Core i5-8500T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8500T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-10505 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-10505 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8500T. Also, the Core i5-10505 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8500T outputs less heat than Core i5-10505 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-10505 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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