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Intel Core i3-8100B vs Intel Core i5-8500B

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 89 %
Intel Core i3-8100B
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-8500B
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 69 %
Intel Core i3-8100B
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-8500B
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-8100B
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
896 pts
Intel Core i5-8500B
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
1,052 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-8100B
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,698 pts
Intel Core i5-8500B
6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz
5,612 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-8100B
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
1,265
Intel Core i5-8500B
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
1,364
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-8100B
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,784
Intel Core i5-8500B
6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz
5,220
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i3-8100B
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
971
Intel Core i5-8500B
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
1,086
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i3-8100B
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,329
Intel Core i5-8500B
6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz
4,689
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i3-8100B
Intel UHD Graphics 630
403
Intel Core i5-8500B
Intel UHD Graphics 630
442

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Core i3-8100BIntel Core i5-8500B
FamilyIntel Core i3 (205)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Core i 8000 (20)Intel Core i 8000 (20)
ArchitectureCoffee Lake SCoffee Lake S
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketBGA 1440BGA 1440
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i3-8100BIntel Core i5-8500B
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 46 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 6x
Frequency: 3.60 GHz 3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.70 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache6.00 MB9.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.05 GHz0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19224 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory64 GB64 GB
Technology14 nm14 nm
Release dateQ4/2017Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i3-8100BIntel Core i5-8500B
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i3-8100BIntel Core i5-8500B
MemoryDDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 163.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i3-8100BIntel Core i5-8500B
TDP65 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i3-8100BIntel Core i5-8500B
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2018Q1/2018
Release price133 $190 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i3-8100B
Intel Core i3-8100B
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
Intel Core i5-8500B
Intel Core i5-8500B
6C / 6T · 3.00 - 4.10 GHz

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