Intel Core i5-8500T vs Intel Xeon Bronze 3106

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-8500T CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
Intel Core i5-8500T Intel Xeon Bronze 3106

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-8500T or Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i5-8500T has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-8500T was released in Q2/2018.

The Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 was released in Q3/2017.
Intel Core i5 (328) Family Intel Xeon Bronze (5)
Intel Core i 8000 (20) CPU group Intel Xeon Bronze 3100 (2)
8 Generation 1
Coffee Lake S Architecture Skylake
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
Intel Core i5-7500T Predecessor --
Intel Core i5-9500T Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-8500T has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 6 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-8500T is 2.10 GHz (3.50 GHz) while the Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 is at 1.70 GHz.

Intel Core i5-8500T Characteristic Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
6 Cores 8
6 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? No
2.10 GHz Frequency 1.70 GHz
3.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i5-8500T Characteristic Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-8500T or Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU no iGPU
0.35 GHz GPU frequency --
1.15 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9.5 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
24 Compute units --
192 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i5-8500T can use up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 42.7 GB/s. The Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 supports up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 102.3 GB/s.

Intel Core i5-8500T Characteristic Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR4-2133
128 GB Max. Memory 768 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
42.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 102.3 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
9.00 MB L3 Cache 11.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 48
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i5-8500T is 95 W, while the Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 has a TDP of 85 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i5-8500T Characteristic Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
95 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 85 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-8500T is manufactured in 14 nm and has 9.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 11.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i5-8500T Characteristic Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
14 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
LGA 1151-2 Socket LGA 3647
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2018 Release date Q3/2017
275 $ Release price 310 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-8500T Intel Core i5-8500T
6C 6T @ 3.50 GHz
924 (100%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
486 (53%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-8500T Intel Core i5-8500T
6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz
3877 (100%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
3389 (87%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i5-8500T Intel Core i5-8500T
6C 6T @ 3.50 GHz
1167 (100%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
561 (48%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i5-8500T Intel Core i5-8500T
6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz
3974 (100%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
3082 (78%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i5-8500T Intel Core i5-8500T
6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz
7749 (100%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
5766 (74%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-8500T Intel Core i5-8500T
6C 6T @ 3.50 GHz
148 (100%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
75 (51%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-8500T Intel Core i5-8500T
6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz
751 (100%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
575 (77%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i5-8500T Intel Core i5-8500T
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz
442 (100%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i5-8500T Intel Core i5-8500T
6C 6T @ 2.10 GHz
2103 (100%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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