Intel Core i7-7740X vs Intel Core i5-8500B

What is the difference between Intel Core i7-7740X and Intel Core i5-8500B. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

1253Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score1059
4789Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score4684
9809PassMark CPU Mark Rating9480
2802PassMark Single Thread Rating2551
54223DMark Time Spy Physics Score4492

Processor Specs

Intel Core i7-7740XProcessorIntel Core i5-8500B
4300 MHzFrequency3000 MHz
4500 MHzMaximum Frequency4100 MHz
4Cores6
8Threads6
112 WTDP65 W
GPUIntel UHD Graphics 630
Kaby LakeCodenameCoffee Lake
FCLGA2066PackageSocket 1440 FCBGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

1249Single-Core Score1056
4913Multi-Core Score4413
Geekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemmacOS 11.4 (Build 20F71)
System manufacturer System Product NameModelMac mini (Late 2018)
Model IDMacmini8,1
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ROG STRIX X299-E GAMINGMotherboardApple Inc. Mac-7BA5B2DFE22DDD8C Macmini8,1
High performancePower Plan

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i7-7740XNameIntel Core i5-8500B
1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 6 Cores
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 9IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10
4.31 GHzBase Frequency3.00 GHz
4.51 GHzMaximum Frequency
Socket 2066 LGAPackage
Kaby Lake-XCodename
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

32.00 GBSize16.00 GB
1336 MHzFrequency
Transfer Rate2667 MT/s
DDR4 SDRAMTypeDDR4
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

1249Single-Core Score1056
1593Crypto Score1362
1168Integer Score966
1367Floating Point Score 1200
1593
2.71 GB/sec
AES-XTS1362
2.32 GB/sec
1149
5.81 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)988
5.00 MB/sec
1366
64.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression1032
48.8 Mpixels/sec
1109
3.13 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)971
2.74 MTE/sec
1109
1.30 MElements/sec
HTML5837
983.1 KElements/sec
1098
344.1 Krows/sec
SQLite935
293.0 Krows/sec
1181
64.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering991
53.8 Mpixels/sec
1210
385.6 KB/sec
Text Rendering980
312.1 KB/sec
1164
9.07 Klines/sec
Clang951
7.41 Klines/sec
1150
13.3 images/sec
Camera1023
11.9 images/sec
1179
1.48 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics918
1.15 Mpairs/sec
1227
7600.9 FPS
Rigid Body Physics1220
7558.9 FPS
1199
65.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur935
51.4 Mpixels/sec
1141
8.79 images/sec
Face Detection1074
8.27 images/sec
1141
28.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection1020
25.1 Mpixels/sec
2111
103.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting2017
98.9 Mpixels/sec
2339
31.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR1887
25.7 Mpixels/sec
1495
1.20 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1361
1.09 Mpixels/sec
1116
9.99 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion976
8.74 Kpixels/sec
1232
39.4 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1088
34.8 Words/sec
1359
52.5 images/sec
Machine Learning1177
45.5 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

4913Multi-Core Score4413
5774Crypto Score4802
4740Integer Score4076
5145Floating Point Score 5078
5774
9.84 GB/sec
AES-XTS4802
8.18 GB/sec
5245
26.5 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)4491
22.7 MB/sec
6257
296.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression4688
221.8 Mpixels/sec
3373
9.51 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2789
7.86 MTE/sec
4203
4.94 MElements/sec
HTML53890
4.57 MElements/sec
4634
1.45 Mrows/sec
SQLite4413
1.38 Mrows/sec
5269
285.9 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering4188
227.3 Mpixels/sec
4437
1.38 MB/sec
Text Rendering3877
1.21 MB/sec
5217
40.6 Klines/sec
Clang4411
34.4 Klines/sec
4591
53.2 images/sec
Camera4302
49.9 images/sec
5452
6.82 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics4915
6.15 Mpairs/sec
5940
36802.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics6455
39989.1 FPS
4381
240.8 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur4945
271.8 Mpixels/sec
4714
36.3 images/sec
Face Detection5731
44.1 images/sec
5219
128.6 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection4718
116.3 Mpixels/sec
7257
356.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting7212
353.8 Mpixels/sec
9950
135.6 Mpixels/sec
HDR8781
119.7 Mpixels/sec
6464
5.19 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing7399
5.94 Mpixels/sec
4729
42.4 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion4099
36.7 Kpixels/sec
3259
104.2 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2929
93.7 Words/sec
2665
103.0 images/sec
Machine Learning2425
93.7 images/sec