Intel Core i5 8500
31D
Cores6
Threads6
Boost Clock4.1 GHz
TDP65 W
SocketLGA-1151
Process14 nm
Benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core62
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core296
TDP65 W
Cache L39MB
Cinebench 2024 (Single)62
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)296
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)1396
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)5321
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)2433
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)9511
Blender CPU84.03
iGPU FLOPS0.4 TFLOPS
Full specifications
GeekBench v6
File compression
441 MB/sec
Clang compilation
40.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser
109 pages/sec
PDF Renderer
182.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing
142.4 pages/sec
Background blur
33.4 images/sec
Photo processing
52.5 images/sec
Ray tracing
6.78 Mpixels/sec
PassMark
Integer math
26.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math
22.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers
36M Primes/sec
Random string sorting
16.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption
3 GBytes/sec
Data compression
133.6 MBytes/sec
Physics
625 Frames/sec
Extended instructions
11.5B Matrices/sec
Performance Per Watt
Cinebench 2024 / Watt
4.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt
81.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt
146.3 PPW
Blender / Watt
1.29 PPW
General
Vendor
Intel
Released
April 3, 2018
Type
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
Codename
Coffee Lake
Model number
i5-8500
Integrated GPU
UHD Graphics 630
Successor
- Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
CPU
P-Cores
6
P-Threads
6
Base Frequency (P)
3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P)
4.1 GHz
Total Cores
6
Total Threads
6
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
Bus Bandwidth
8 GT/s
L1 Cache
64K (per core)
L2 Cache
256K (per core)
L3 Cache
9MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Package
Fabrication Process
14 nm
TDP (PL1)
65 W
Socket
LGA-1151
Peak Temperature
100°C
iGPU
Integrated Graphics
Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock
350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock
1100 MHz
Shading Units
192
TMUs
24
ROPs
3
Execution Units
24
TGP
15 W
Memory Support
Memory Types
- DDR4-2666
Max. Memory Size
128 GB
Memory Channels
2
Max. Memory Bandwidth
41.6 GB/s
ECC Support
No
Misc
Official Site
Intel Core i5 8500 official page
PCI Express Version
3.0
PCI Express Lanes
16
Technologies
- Compute: BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C - Performance: Boost 2.0, EIST, TSX - Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x - Security: TXT, XD bit
Specifications compiled from NanoReview. Last updated 2026-09-29.
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