Intel Core Ultra 5 235H vs i5 8500
65
out of 100
VS
31
out of 100
We compared two CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 235H (laptop) with 14-cores against the 3.0 GHz i5 8500 (desktop) with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
The "iGPU" and "Power Efficiency" have a minor impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop CPU.
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
- More powerful Arc Graphics 140T integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
- Newer - released 6 years and 11 months later
- More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 14 nanometers
- Has 8 more physical cores
- Has 9 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- 94% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2706 vs 1396 points
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- 22% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.1 GHz)
- More than 10° C higher critical temperature
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#160th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1020 MB/sec | 441 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 117.3 Klines/sec | 40.5 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 289.6 pages/sec | 109 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 334.9 Mpixels/sec | 182.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 283.4 pages/sec | 142.4 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 66.1 images/sec | 33.4 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 115.1 images/sec | 52.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 24.2 Mpixels/sec | 6.78 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 74.3 GOps/sec | 26.5 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 93.6 GOps/sec | 22.5 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 240M Primes/sec | 36M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 36.3M Strings/sec | 16.2M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 23.2 GBytes/sec | 3 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 302.9 MBytes/sec | 133.6 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1985 Frames/sec | 625 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 23.4B Matrices/sec | 11.5B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 35 PPW | 4.6 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 486.8 PPW | 81.9 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1076.8 PPW | 146.3 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 6.84 PPW | 1.29 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-08-13 (TheShifty6) | Cinebench 2024 | 122 / 979 |
Intel Core i5 8500
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 235H and i5 8500General
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | January 6, 2025 | April 3, 2018 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Arrow Lake | Coffee Lake |
| Model number | 235H | i5-8500 |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics 140T | UHD Graphics 630 |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 5 240 | - |
| Successor | - | - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H |
Intel CPU rating (#63rd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 6 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.4 GHz | 3.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5 GHz | 4.1 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 | - |
| E-Threads | 8 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 1.8 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 4.4 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 14 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 14 | 6 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 24x | 30x |
| Bus Bandwidth | - | 8 GT/s |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2MB (per core) | 256K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 18MB (shared) | 9MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 14 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 20-28 W (configurable) | 65 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 115 W | - |
| Socket | FCBGA-2049 | LGA-1151 |
| Peak Temperature | 110°C | 100°C |
Laptop processors ranking (#73rd place)
Desktop CPU ranking (#176th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Arc Graphics 140T | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 350 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2250 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 192 |
| TMUs | 64 | 24 |
| ROPs | 32 | 3 |
| Execution Units | 8 | 24 |
| TGP | 35 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 630 compared to Arc 140T
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-8400 - LPDDR5x-8400 - DDR5-6400 |
- DDR4-2666 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 41.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 5 235H official page | Intel Core i5 8500 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 16 |
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