Intel Core i5-8500: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The Intel Core i5-8500 is a 6-core and 6-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 3000 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 1059
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 4588
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 9591
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 2494
- 3DMark Time Spy Physics Score
- 5180
Processor Specs
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-8500
- Frequency
- 3000 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 4100 MHz
- Cores
- 6
- Threads
- 6
- TDP
- 65 W
- GPU
- Intel UHD Graphics 630
- Codename
- Coffee Lake
- Package
- FCLGA1151

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 1062
- Multi-Core Score
- 5164
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- macOS 10.15.7 (Build 19H15)
- Model
- Macmini8,1
- Model ID
- Macmini8,1
- Motherboard
- Acidanthera Mac-7BA5B2DFE22DDD8C Macmini8,1
CPU Specifications
- Name
- Intel Core i5-8500
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 6 Cores
- Identifier
- GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10
- Base Frequency
- 3.00 GHz
- L1 Instruction Cache
- 32.0 KB x 3
- L1 Data Cache
- 32.0 KB x 3
- L2 Cache
- 256 KB x 3
- L3 Cache
- 9.00 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 16.00 GB
- Type
- RAM
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 1062 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1116 |
| Integer Score | 1029 |
| Floating Point Score | 1126 |
| AES-XTS | 1116 1.90 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 1102 5.57 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 1071 50.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 1049 2.96 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 887 1.04 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 983 308.1 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 1049 56.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 1041 331.8 KB/sec |
| Clang | 996 7.76 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 1097 12.7 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 1058 1.32 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 1269 7862.5 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 309 17.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 1120 8.62 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1070 26.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 2209 108.4 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 2001 27.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1137 912.7 Kpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 1032 9.24 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 1173 37.5 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 1219 47.1 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 5164 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 5153 |
| Integer Score | 4862 |
| Floating Point Score | 5819 |
| AES-XTS | 5153 8.78 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 4979 25.2 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 6112 289.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 2965 8.36 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 4711 5.53 MElements/sec |
| SQLite | 5565 1.74 Mrows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 4840 262.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 4551 1.42 MB/sec |
| Clang | 5511 42.9 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 5285 61.3 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 5273 6.60 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 7274 45067.6 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 5718 314.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 6429 49.5 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 5287 130.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 8247 404.6 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 10337 140.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 9050 7.27 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 5313 47.6 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 3254 104.0 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 2604 100.6 images/sec |