Intel Core i5-9500 vs Intel Core i7-8086K

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-8086K

Price

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$ 149.00

$ 196.00 significantly less expensive

$ 345.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3906 points

5045 points

29% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6425 points

6765 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3132 points

4495 points

43% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3003 points

4358 points

45% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

95.73 points

130.84 points

36% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4834 points

6971 points

44% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1444 points

1630 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4973 points

7075 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1468 points

1713 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3 GHz

4 GHz

33% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

5 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

Identical

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB

Identical

1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

9 MiB

12 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

441st of 1,089

344th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i5

8th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-9500 vs Core i7-8086K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8086K is faster than the Core i5-9500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9500 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-8086K has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-8086K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-9500. Also, the Core i7-8086K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-9500 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-8086K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-8086K 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 i5-9500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.