Intel Core i5-8500 vs Intel Core i9-9900K

Core i5-8500 vs Core i9-9900K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-9900K performs better than the Core i5-8500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9900K has slightly more cores than the Core i5-8500. Indeed, the Core i9-9900K has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-8500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8500. Also, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8500 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9900K CPU because of its 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 i9-9900K has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8500. The Core i9-9900K also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.