Intel Core i5-8500T Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-06

The Intel Core i5-8500T has 6 cores with 6 threads and is based on the 8. gen of the Intel Core i5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1151-2 socket and was released in Q2/2018. The Intel Core i5-8500T scores 924 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 3,877 points.

CPU lineage
The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i5-8500T. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i5-8500T.
Name:	Intel Core i5-8500T
Family:	Intel Core i5
CPU group:	Intel Core i 8000
Architecture:	Coffee Lake S
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	8
Predecessor:	Intel Core i5-7500T
Successor:	Intel Core i5-9500T

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). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	6 / 6
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	6x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	No
Overclocking:	Yes
Frequency:	2.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores):	3.00 GHz

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.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-8500T has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i5-8500T uses the Intel UHD Graphics 630, which has 192 texture shaders and 24 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency:	0.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.15 GHz
Compute units:	24
Shader:	192
Max. GPU Memory:	64 GB

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	9.5
Direct X:	12
Technology:	14 nm
Release date:	Q4/2017

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.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode / Encode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode / Encode
VP9:	Decode / Encode

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 128 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 42.7 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR4-2666	42.7 GB/s
Max. Memory:	128 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth:	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 95 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	95 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-8500T is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 9.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	14 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	LGA 1151-2
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	9.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date:	Q2/2018
Release price:	275 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i5-8500T
6C 6T @ 2.10 GHz (3.50 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-8500T have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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 i7-6770HQ 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	926
	Intel Core i7-6820EQ 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	926
	Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	926
	Intel Core i5-8500T 6C 6T @ 3.50 GHz	924
	Samsung Exynos 990 8C 8T @ 2.73 GHz	923
	Intel Core i5-8260U 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	923
	Intel Core i7-8500Y 2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	923

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 i7-5775C 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	3897
	Intel Xeon E3-1275 v3 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	3894
	AMD Ryzen 5 7520U 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	3891
	Intel Core i5-8500T 6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz	3877
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	3876
	Intel Core i5-9600T 6C 6T @ 3.20 GHz	3870
	Intel Xeon E5-2637 v4 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	3869

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 i5-10210U 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	1172
	Intel Xeon Silver 4216 16C 32T @ 3.20 GHz	1170
	Intel Core i3-7300T 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1169
	Intel Core i5-8500T 6C 6T @ 3.50 GHz	1167
	Intel Core i5-8259U 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	1167
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	1167
	AMD Ryzen 7 1800X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	1167

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 i7-6700 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	4009
	Intel Core i5-6600K 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	3985
	Intel Core i5-7640X 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	3982
	Intel Core i5-8500T 6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz	3974
	Intel Core i7-4910MQ 4C 8T @ 2.90 GHz	3964
	Intel Core i7-7820HK 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	3956
	Intel Core i7-4770K 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	3946

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.


	AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX AMD Radeon 610M @ 2.20 GHz	443
	AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX AMD Radeon 610M @ 2.20 GHz	443
	AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX AMD Radeon 610M @ 2.20 GHz	443
	Intel Core i5-8500T Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz	442
	Intel Core i5-10500E Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz	442
	Intel Core i7-10700TE Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz	442
	Intel Core i3-10305 Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz	442

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 i7-8705G 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	7757
	Intel Core i5-9300H 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	7755
	Intel Core i5-9300HF 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	7755
	Intel Core i5-8500T 6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz	7749
	Intel Core i3-9350KF 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	7720
	Intel Core i3-9350K 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	7720
	AMD FX-8150 8C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	7720

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 Xeon E5-2630 v2 6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz	2157
	Intel Core i5-10300H 4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	2130
	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 6C 12T @ 2.40 GHz	2115
	Intel Core i5-8500T 6C 6T @ 2.10 GHz	2103
	Intel Core i7-6700 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	2094
	Intel Xeon E3-1271 v3 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	2066
	AMD Ryzen 5 4500U 6C 6T @ 2.30 GHz	2065

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 i3-4360 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	149
	Intel Core i5-6600T 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	149
	Intel Core i7-5850HQ 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	149
	Intel Core i5-8500T 6C 6T @ 3.50 GHz	148
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	148
	Intel Core i7-6770HQ 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	148
	Intel Core i7-6700HQ 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	148

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 i7-7700HQ 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	762
	Intel Core i7-10510U 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	758
	Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	755
	Intel Core i5-8500T 6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz	751
	AMD Ryzen 5 3550H 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	742
	Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	742
	Intel Xeon E3-1275 v3 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	742

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,429 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,403 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,688 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,638 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,943 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
478 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,334 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
725 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
249 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,104 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,099 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

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