Core i5 8500
Intel desktop processor · Core i 8th gen · launched April 2018
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Core i5 8500 launched at $192 in 2018. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $253 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 32% rise over 8 years. At its launch price that is 40 Blender points per $100.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2018 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Blender rendering score
Median score 78 (middle half of runs 70–82) across 41 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #214 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #8 of 12 in the Core i 8th 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 8th gen |
| Launched | April 2018 |
| Launch price | $192 (1,000-unit price) |
| Socket | LGA 1151 |
| Cores / threads | 6 / 6 |
| Base clock | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock | 4.1 GHz |
| L3 cache | 9 MB |
| Rated power | 65 W (TDP) |
| Integrated graphics | UHD 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 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 |
| Core i5 8400T | 2018 | $182 | $240 | 78 |
| Core i5 8500 | 2018 | $192 | $253 | 78 |
| Core i5 8500T | 2018 | $192 | $253 | 66 |
| Core i5 8600 | 2018 | $213 | $281 | 79 |
| Core i5 8600T | 2018 | $213 | $281 | — |
| Core i5 9600K | 2018 | $262 | $345 | 92 |
| Core i5 9400 | 2019 | $182 | $236 | 78 |
| Core i5 9400F | 2019 | $182 | $236 | 76 |
| Core i5 9600KF | 2019 | $263 | $340 | 87 |
Compare with
- Core i5 8400T · 2018 · $182 · 78
- Core i5 8500T · 2018 · $192 · 66
- Core i5 8600 · 2018 · $213 · 79
- Core i5 8600T · 2018 · $213
- Core i5 9600K · 2018 · $262 · 92
- Core i7 8700T · 2018 · $303 · 92
- Core i3 7300 · 2017 · $147
- Core i3 7300T · 2017 · $147
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