Core i5 7500
Intel desktop processor · Core i 7th gen · launched January 2017
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Core i5 7500 launched at $192 in 2017. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $259 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 35% rise over 9 years. At its launch price that is 24 Blender points per $100.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2017 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Blender rendering score
Median score 46 (middle half of runs 43–50) across 44 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #245 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #12 of 15 in the Core i 7th gen.
This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.
Specifications
| Vendor | Intel |
|---|---|
| Series | Core i 7th gen |
| Launched | January 2017 |
| Launch price | $192 (1,000-unit price) |
| Socket | LGA 1151 |
| Cores / threads | 4 / 4 |
| Base clock | 3.4 GHz |
| Boost clock | 3.8 GHz |
| L3 cache | 6 MB |
| Rated power | 65 W (TDP) |
| Integrated graphics | HD 630 |
| Tier | 5-series |
The Intel 5-series over time
Intel desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core i5 6500T | 2015 | $192 | $268 | 46 |
| Core i5 6600 | 2015 | $213 | $297 | 42 |
| Core i5 6600T | 2015 | $213 | $297 | — |
| Core i5 6402P | 2015 | $182 | $254 | — |
| Core i5 6585R | 2016 | — | — | — |
| Core i5 6685R | 2016 | — | — | — |
| Core i5 7400 | 2017 | $182 | $246 | 44 |
| Core i5 7400T | 2017 | $182 | $246 | — |
| Core i5 7500 | 2017 | $192 | $259 | 46 |
| Core i5 7500T | 2017 | $192 | $259 | 38 |
| Core i5 7600 | 2017 | $213 | $288 | — |
| Core i5 7600K | 2017 | $242 | $327 | 62 |
| Core i5 7600T | 2017 | $213 | $288 | — |
| Core i5 7640X | 2017 | $242 | $327 | — |
| Core i5 8400 | 2017 | $182 | $246 | 74 |
| Core i5 8600K | 2017 | $257 | $347 | 86 |
Compare with
- Core i3 7300 · 2017 · $147
- Core i3 7300T · 2017 · $147
- Core i3 7320 · 2017 · $157
- Core i3 7350K · 2017 · $168
- Core i3 8100 · 2017 · $117 · 46
- Core i3 8350K · 2017 · $168
- Core i5 7400 · 2017 · $182 · 44
- Core i5 7400T · 2017 · $182
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