Intel Core i5-9500F vs Intel Core i7-8670

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i5-9500F and Intel Core i7-8670 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-9500F

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 42% higher clock speed: 4.40 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
Launch date 23 Apr 2019 vs January 2018
Maximum frequency 4.40 GHz vs 3.1 GHz

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-8670

  • Around 33% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
L3 cache 12288 KB (shared) vs 9 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i5-9500F
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-8670

Name Intel Core i5-9500F Intel Core i7-8670
PassMark - Single thread mark 2571
PassMark - CPU mark 9923
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2120
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2120
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1306
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1306
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2279
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2279

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i5-9500F Intel Core i7-8670

Essentials

Architecture codename Coffee Lake Coffee Lake
Launch date 23 Apr 2019 January 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $192-202
Place in performance rating 1434 1429
Processor Number i5-9500F
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

Base frequency 3.00 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
L1 cache 384 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1.5 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 9 MB 12288 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 100 °C
Maximum frequency 4.40 GHz 3.1 GHz
Number of cores 6 6
Number of threads 6
64 bit support
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 DDR4

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)