Core i5-8500B
6 cores · 6 threads · up to 4.1 GHz on FCBGA1440.
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Performance breakdown
Lab scores
Estimated gaming FPS
Paired with a high-end GPU. CPU impact is largest at 1080p.
Full specifications
- Architecture
- Coffee Lake
- Process node
- 14 nm
- Socket
- FCBGA1440
- Release year
- 2018
- Total cores
- 6
- Threads
- 6
- Integrated graphics
- Intel UHD Graphics 630
- Base clock
- 3.0 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.1 GHz
- Multiplier
- 30
- L1 cache
- 384 KB
- L2 cache
- 1.5 MB
- L3 cache
- 9 MB
- Memory support
- DDR4-2666
- Max capacity
- 64 GB
- Channels
- 2
- Max bandwidth
- 42.671 GB/s
- Base power (TDP)
- 65W
- Max temperature
- 100°C
- PCIe
- PCIe 3.0
- Launch price
- $192
- Instruction sets
- SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
- Extensions
- AES-NI, AVX, VT-x, VT-d, TXT, TSX
What Owners Say
Owners like the solid everyday performance and low power draw for office builds. The main gripe is the soldered design that makes upgrades impossible.
- Handles daily tasks without breaking a sweat
- Runs cool enough for compact builds
- Plays older games at high settings fine
- Won't bottleneck a midrange graphics card
- Locked to soldered motherboard only
- No overclocking support at all
- Aging performance in modern tasks
Our verdict on the Core i5-8500B
The Intel Core i5-8500B is a soldered-down Coffee Lake six-core chip that runs hot and delivers only so-so single-thread speed for its power draw.
Get it if you need a solid six-core workhorse for a compact office PC or embedded system where reliability and low power matter more than raw speed. Skip it if you want modern performance, gaming chops, or upgrade flexibility—this chip is locked, old, and soldered to the board.
Buy it if…
- You're building a compact office PC that needs solid everyday speed.
- You want a reliable CPU for a quiet home server or HTPC build.
- You need a drop-in upgrade for an old Coffee Lake laptop or mini PC.
Its place in the overall top
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