Intel Core i5-8500 vs Intel Core i7-5930K

Core i5-8500 vs Core i7-5930K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5930K is faster than the Core i5-8500. Despite this, the Core i5-8500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-5930K has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5930K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8500. Despite this, the Core i5-8500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8500 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5930K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-8500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.