Intel Core i7-7700K vs Intel Core i5-8500

What is the difference between Intel Core i7-7700K and Intel Core i5-8500. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

1216Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score1059
4677Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score4588
9706PassMark CPU Mark Rating9591
2749PassMark Single Thread Rating2494
54473DMark Time Spy Physics Score5180

Processor Specs

Intel Core i7-7700KProcessorIntel Core i5-8500
4200 MHzFrequency3000 MHz
4500 MHzMaximum Frequency4100 MHz
4Cores6
8Threads6
91 WTDP65 W
Intel HD Graphics 630GPUIntel UHD Graphics 630
Kaby LakeCodenameCoffee Lake
FCLGA1151PackageFCLGA1151

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

1217Single-Core Score1062
4739Multi-Core Score5164
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)Operating SystemmacOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H15)
System manufacturer System Product NameModelMacmini8,1
Model IDMacmini8,1
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. STRIX Z270G GAMINGMotherboardAcidanthera Mac-7BA5B2DFE22DDD8C Macmini8,1
High performancePower Plan

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i7-7700KNameIntel Core i5-8500
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 6 Cores
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10
4.20 GHzBase Frequency3.00 GHz
4498 MHzMaximum Frequency
Socket 1151 LGAPackage
Kaby LakeCodename
32.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 3
32.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 3
256 KB x 4L2 Cache256 KB x 3
8.00 MB x 1L3 Cache9.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

48.00 GBSize16.00 GB
1599 MHzFrequency
DDR4 SDRAMTypeRAM
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

1217Single-Core Score1062
1612Crypto Score1116
1134Integer Score1029
1331Floating Point Score 1126
1612
2.75 GB/sec
AES-XTS1116
1.90 GB/sec
1134
5.74 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)1102
5.57 MB/sec
1333
63.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression1071
50.7 Mpixels/sec
1144
3.23 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1049
2.96 MTE/sec
1074
1.26 MElements/sec
HTML5887
1.04 MElements/sec
1074
336.5 Krows/sec
SQLite983
308.1 Krows/sec
1167
63.3 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1049
56.9 Mpixels/sec
1102
351.0 KB/sec
Text Rendering1041
331.8 KB/sec
1067
8.31 Klines/sec
Clang996
7.76 Klines/sec
1132
13.1 images/sec
Camera1097
12.7 images/sec
1152
1.44 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1058
1.32 Mpairs/sec
1228
7610.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics1269
7862.5 FPS
1167
64.1 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur309
17.0 Mpixels/sec
1140
8.78 images/sec
Face Detection1120
8.62 images/sec
1127
27.8 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection1070
26.4 Mpixels/sec
2082
102.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting2209
108.4 Mpixels/sec
2006
27.3 Mpixels/sec
HDR2001
27.3 Mpixels/sec
1499
1.20 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1137
912.7 Kpixels/sec
1090
9.76 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1032
9.24 Kpixels/sec
1182
37.8 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1173
37.5 Words/sec
1360
52.6 images/sec
Machine Learning1219
47.1 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

4739Multi-Core Score5164
6248Crypto Score5153
4480Integer Score4862
5048Floating Point Score 5819
6248
10.7 GB/sec
AES-XTS5153
8.78 GB/sec
5276
26.7 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)4979
25.2 MB/sec
5998
283.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression6112
289.1 Mpixels/sec
3597
10.1 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2965
8.36 MTE/sec
3880
4.56 MElements/sec
HTML54711
5.53 MElements/sec
4209
1.32 Mrows/sec
SQLite5565
1.74 Mrows/sec
4876
264.6 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering4840
262.7 Mpixels/sec
3860
1.20 MB/sec
Text Rendering4551
1.42 MB/sec
4681
36.5 Klines/sec
Clang5511
42.9 Klines/sec
4439
51.5 images/sec
Camera5285
61.3 images/sec
4886
6.11 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics5273
6.60 Mpairs/sec
5901
36556.1 FPS
Rigid Body Physics7274
45067.6 FPS
4290
235.8 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur5718
314.3 Mpixels/sec
4643
35.7 images/sec
Face Detection6429
49.5 images/sec
5105
125.8 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection5287
130.3 Mpixels/sec
7328
359.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting8247
404.6 Mpixels/sec
9009
122.8 Mpixels/sec
HDR10337
140.9 Mpixels/sec
6622
5.32 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing9050
7.27 Mpixels/sec
4637
41.5 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion5313
47.6 Kpixels/sec
3368
107.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition3254
104.0 Words/sec
2707
104.6 images/sec
Machine Learning2604
100.6 images/sec