Intel Core i5-8500T vs Intel Core i7-5820K

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 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

3124 points

4081 points

30% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5063 points

5494 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2528 points

3634 points

43% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2428 points

3527 points

45% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

56.83 points

95.66 points

68% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3954 points

5383 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1137 points

0.26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1134 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4152 points

5467 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1193 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1180 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

3.3 GHz

57% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz

3.6 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

300% significantly lower TDP

140 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

75% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

521st of 1,089

428th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-8500T vs Core i7-5820K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5820K is faster than the Core i5-8500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8500T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-5820K has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5820K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8500T. Also, the Core i7-5820K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8500T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5820K 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 i5-8500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.