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Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
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Compare complete builds side by side.
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Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
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Intel

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About This Product
The Intel Core i5-8500B is an end-of-life 8th Gen Coffee Lake desktop processor with 6 cores and 6 threads, offering a base clock of 3.0 GHz and a boost up to 4.1 GHz. Its BGA 1440 socket indicates it is typically soldered to a motherboard, limiting upgrade options. At its current price, newer generation CPUs like the Intel Core i5-12400 or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X offer significantly better multi-threaded and single-threaded performance for gaming and productivity tasks.
Verdict
βNot recommended; significantly better performance and value exist in newer CPUs at this price.β
Performance Benchmarks
Scores are grouped by benchmark family so it is easy to compare raw speed, threaded output, and real-world value without mixing scales.
Render Workloads
Large Sample Pool
Value & Efficiency
These derived metrics use Cinebench R23 multi-core performance to keep the value calculation consistent across the catalog.
Performance per Watt
86.3 pts/W
Performance per Dollar
14.0 pts/$
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