Intel Core i5-8500 vs Intel Core i3-1115G4

Core i5-8500 vs Core i3-1115G4 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-8500 performs better than the Core i3-1115G4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1115G4 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-8500 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i3-1115G4 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1115G4. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-8500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1115G4. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i3-1115G4 outputs less heat than Core i5-8500 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i3-1115G4 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8500. Despite this, the Core i5-8500 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-1115G4.

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. For instance, the Core i5-8500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.