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Intel Core i5-8500 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265F

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 46 %
Intel Core i5-8500
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 22 %
Intel Core i5-8500
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
1,052 pts
Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz
2,202 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz
5,612 pts
Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
20C / 20T · 4.60 GHz
25,459 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
1,364
Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
20C / 20T · 5.30 GHz
3,115
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz
5,297
Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
20C / 20T · 4.60 GHz
20,735

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-8500Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core Ultra 7 (31)
CPU groupIntel Core i 8000 (20)Intel Core Ultra 200 AL-S (20)
ArchitectureCoffee Lake SArrow Lake
Technology14 nm3 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1151-2LGA 1851
PredecessorIntel Core i5-7500
SuccessorIntel Core i5-9500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-8500Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 620 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 6x
3.00 - 4.10 GHz
8x Lion Cove
2.40 - 5.30 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 12x Skymont
1.80 - 4.60 GHz
L2-Cache36.00 MB
L3-Cache9.00 MB33.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-8500Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 630no iGPU
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 192 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ4/2017

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-8500Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
AI hardwareIntel® AI Boost
AI specificationsIntel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 13 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-8500Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
MemoryDDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
DDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB256 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe3.0 x 165.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-8500Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
TDP65 W65 W
TDP (PL2)182 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.105 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-8500Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ1/2018Q1/2025
Release price190 $369 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-8500
Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 3.00 - 4.10 GHz
Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
20C / 20T · 2.40 - 5.30 GHz

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