Intel Core i5-8500T vs Intel Core i7-7700K

Core i5-8500T vs Core i7-7700K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7700K 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-8500T has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7700K. Indeed, the Core i5-8500T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7700K. Despite this, the Core i7-7700K has more threads than the Core i5-8500T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8500T. Also, the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8500T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-7700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-8500T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-7700K. The Core i5-8500T also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-8500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.