Intel Pentium 8500 vs Intel Core i7-9700F

Processor comparisons   10-01-2022
   If you are thinking about choosing a processor, you will be able to make a choice by looking at the Intel Pentium 8500 vs Intel Core i7-9700F tests and understand which is better for games or normal use for programming, rendering, machine learning, video editing, streaming. Here is all information from several benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A careful review of all the technical characteristics, so that it can be easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in synthetic type tests like VeraCrypt, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, MATLAB, PassMark, Gears 5, Dolphin Emulator, SuperPi, 7zip, Prime95, Handbrake, DaVinci Resolve Studio, UserBenchmark, AIDA64, 3DMark, RealBench, GeekBench 6, 5.2, PCMark 10, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), WPrime, Blender, Blender, Furmark.
   And how good the processors are in games:

Rainbow Six Siege
Valheim
Cyberpunk 2077
Red Dead Redemption 2
DOOM: Eternal
Valorant
Watch Dogs Legion
Overwatch
Last Man Standing
Apex Legends
Fallout 76
Death Stranding
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Halo Infinite
Borderlands 3
Fortnite
Grand Theft Auto V
Assassin's Creed Valhalla

After reading the results of joint benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i7-9700F or Intel Pentium 8500.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Pentium 8500

54%

Core i7-9700F

54%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Pentium 8500

53%

Core i7-9700F

54%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a small game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: League of Legends (LOL), NBA 2K20, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Control, Half-Life: Alyx, Metro Exodus, Horizon Zero Dawn, Hitman 3, DOTA 2A, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Ghostrunner, Forza Horizon 4, Monster Hunter World, Battlefield V, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	93.7	96.0
Valorant	106.4	109.1
Cyberpunk 2077	59.6	61.1
Apex Legends	100.0	102.5
Call of Duty Warzone	79.8	81.8
Overwatch	86.2	88.3
Red Dead Redemption 2	73.4	75.3
DOOM Eternal	53.2	54.5
Warzone	83.0	85.1
Assassin's Creed	89.4	91.6
Valheim	88.3	90.5

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The tested computers not only did they have different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Pentium 8500

369%

Core i7-9700F

67%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Pentium 8500 is more energy efficient than the Core i7-9700F since it has less power consumption: 9W vs. 65W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you need to know its TDP. It is necessary to count so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for video rendering or video editing, programming, streaming, machine learning, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the CPU turns on all cores and threads that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum efficiency. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the software you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that use only one core to run, and all the benefit of multi-core mode are unused.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Pentium 8500	Intel Core i7-9700F
Cinbench 15 Single-core	184	209
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	1348	1491
Cinbench 20 Single-core	441	465
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	3062	3644
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1035	1181
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	10094	8540

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Pentium 8500	Intel Core i7-9700F
Single-Core	2421	2867
Multi-Core	14131	13820

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Pentium 8500	Intel Core i7-9700F
Single-Core	998	1316
Multi-Core	5542	7826

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most useful. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS even in the newest games. Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The savings are obvious!

	Intel Pentium 8500	Intel Core i7-9700F
Announcement date	January 07, 2022	April 01, 2019
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Socket	FCBGA1744	FCLGA1151-2
Core name	Alder Lake-U	Coffee Lake
Architecture	x86	x86
Generation	12	9
Turbo Frequency	4.4 MHz	4.7 MHz
Frequency	1 MHz	3 MHz
Cores	5	8
Threads	6	8
Bus rate	8 GT/s	8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	10 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	9800 millions	5600 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	9 W	65 W
Memory type	Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s Up to LPDDR5 5200 MT/s Up to LPDDR4x 4267 MT/s	DDR4-2666
Max. Memory	32 Gb	128 Gb
Memory Frequency
Memory bandwidth	45.8 GB/s	41.6 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache
L3 cache	24 MB	12 MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Core i7-9700F is 66% better than Pentium 8500 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Core i7-9700F has 3 more core than Pentium 8500. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Pentium 8500 is better: 9
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i7-9700F is better: 24
Although it should be understood that the summary data that you have looked at here do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple comparison of these figures. Be sure to watch the video tests and read the opinion of real owners of Intel Pentium 8500 and Intel Core i7-9700F before making a choice which of the CPUs to buy for gaming.

Intel Pentium 8500 - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Pentium 8500 specs and review.

Intel Core i7-9700F - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Core i7-9700F specs and review.