CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i5-8500

CORE STATE Coffee Lake

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 6 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3 Base / 4.1 GHz Turbo

CACHE 9 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Coffee Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2018

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Intel

INTEL

Core Ultra 5 125U

CORE STATE Meteor Lake

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 14 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 1300 Base / 4.3 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 15W

ARCHITECTURE Meteor Lake

nm

PROCESS 7 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2023

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

816

1,491

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

115

210

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

3,402

6,215

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

480

877

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

8,100

14,799

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,143

2,089

passmark_data_compression

134,673

198,858

passmark_data_encryption

3,027

12,231

passmark_extended_instructions

11,480

11,340

passmark_find_prime_numbers

36

64

passmark_floating_point_math

22,489

41,331

passmark_integer_math

26,551

57,046

passmark_multithread

9,532

17,417

passmark_physics

628

1,082

passmark_random_string_sorting

16,294

21,872

passmark_single_thread

2,441

3,296

passmark_singlethread

2,441

3,296

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i5-8500

Ultra 5 125U

Core Specs

Cores

6

12 +100.0%

Threads

6

14 +133.3%

Base Clock (GHz)

3

1,300 +43233.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.1

4.3 +4.9%

Frequency (GHz)

3

1,300 +43233.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.1

4.3 +4.9%

Multiplier

30

13 -56.7%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

112 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

256 KB (per core)

2 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

9 MB (shared)

12 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

15 -76.9%

Architecture

Architecture

Coffee Lake

Meteor Lake

Codename

Coffee Lake

Meteor Lake

Generation

Core i5 (Coffee Lake)

Ultra 5 (Meteor Lake)

Process Size

14 nm

7 nm

Die Size

154 mm²

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Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR5 Depends on motherboard

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

42.7 GB/s

89.6 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

No

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

Intel BGA 2049

PCIe

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 4, 12 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

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P-Cores: 2 E-Cores: 10

E-Core Frequency

—

800 MHz up to 3.6 GHz

LP E-Cores

—

2

AI/NPU

NPU

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Yes / 11 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Arc Xe-LPG 64EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

End-of-life

Active

Launch Price

$192

$363

Part Number

SR3XE

SRN6E

Package

FC-LGA1151

FC-BGA

Tj Max

100°C

110°C

Bundled Cooler

E97379-001

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