**The First Gen Intel i-5: A Look Back at its Performance**

In this article, we will take a closer look at the first generation Intel i-5 processor, released alongside other 1156 socket processors. This CPU featured 4 cores and 4 threads with a clock speed of 2.6 gigahertz as well as an 8 megabyte cache. It's worth noting that this processor was not officially named as the i5 650 at launch, but rather it would go on to release as such following its release.

The first gen Intel i-5 was released in January and was a significant step forward for the company, offering better performance and power efficiency compared to its predecessors. It also featured a more modern design with an integrated memory controller, reducing the overall size of the processor. The CPU's L3 cache was half that of the quad-core 750, making it roughly 20-40 percent slower than its predecessor in terms of raw processing power.

Despite being released over eight years ago, the first gen Intel i-5 can still be found for relatively low prices on the market today, making it a viable option for those looking to build a budget PC. This is particularly true when paired with 1156 motherboards, which have seen a significant price drop in recent years.

In comparison to its modern counterparts, the first gen Intel i-5 holds up surprisingly well. It's worth noting that this CPU was overclocked to 3.4 gigahertz, giving it a slight performance boost. However, even without the overclock, it still managed to achieve impressive frame rates in games such as GTA 5 and Just Cause 3.

**Game Performance Comparison**

To put its performance into perspective, we compared the first gen Intel i-5 with the newer Intel Core i5-8400, which was released several years later. The test system used a GTX 1060 graphics card and 8 gigabytes of RAM, with the CPU running at 2.9 gigahertz for the i-5 and 3.7 gigahertz for the 8400.

In GTA 5, both CPUs achieved excellent frame rates, with the i-5 scoring an average of 95 frames per second and the 8400 scoring a slightly higher 100 FPS. However, it's worth noting that the 1060 graphics card was capable of producing much higher resolutions and detail settings than the average player would typically use.

In Just Cause 3, the performance gap between the two CPUs became more apparent. The i-5 achieved an average frame rate of 94 frames per second at 1080p, while the 8400 scored a significantly higher 264 FPS. However, it's worth noting that the 1060 graphics card was still capable of producing smooth gameplay even with lower settings.

Finally, we tested PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), which is notoriously demanding on hardware due to its large maps and complex physics engine. The i-5 scored a respectable 70 FPS at low settings, while the 8400 achieved an impressive 264 FPS. However, it's worth noting that even with the 1060 graphics card, PUBG can still struggle with high settings and higher resolutions.

**Cinebench Performance Comparison**

To further compare the performance of the two CPUs, we ran them through Cinebench, a popular benchmarking tool used to measure CPU performance.

The results showed that the modern 8400 processor outperformed the first gen i-5 by a significant margin. The single-core score for the 8400 was 85, while the single-core score for the i-5 was 95. However, when it came to multi-threaded testing, the i-5 actually scored higher than the 8400, with a score of 3696 compared to the 8400's score of 3359.

**Conclusion**

In conclusion, the first gen Intel i-5 holds up remarkably well even today, despite being released over eight years ago. Its performance is comparable to that of modern CPUs, and it can still be found for relatively low prices on the market today. However, if you're planning to build a new PC or upgrade an existing one, we would recommend waiting until January when cheaper Coffee Lake compatible motherboards become available.

For those looking to build a used system due to budget constraints, an older quad-core i5 700 series processor such as the first gen i-5 can still provide excellent performance and value. Just be sure to pair it with a compatible motherboard and sufficient RAM for optimal performance.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everyone welcome to another video now Intel's i5 processor started life in late 2009 as mainstream alternatives to the more expensive I 7 lineup which offered a ton of power for enthusiasts starting at $199 the i5s were far more affordable the first of which to be released being the i5 750 under the Linfield architecture using the new at the time 1156 socket this featured 4 cores 4 threads and a clock speed of 2.6 gigahertz as well as an 8 megabyte cache you might assume that by the numbers that the i5 650 came out first but actually released the following january and featured half the l3 cache as well as half the cause making it roughly 20 to 40 percent slower than the quad-core 750 these days you can find one for as little as fifteen pounds without much searching around and they would still make a fine start to a budget PC build especially as 1156 motherboards seem to be a little cheaper now to eight years since the 750 s launched an Intel have switched up the quad core i5 formula and released their six core 80 480 600 K coffee Lake processors with the format costing roughly the same as the i5 750 at launch all those years ago the 8400 is likely to be the more popular choice because it offers better price to performance but it's still worth waiting until January when cheaper motherboards are available as pairing one with a z3 70 board makes no sense as it cannot be overclocked for now I thought it would be interesting to see how the very first i-5 compares to the latest one at the time of this video of course the winner is probably obvious already but this bit of fun may still be helpful if you have a first gen i5 in your PC and are considering upgrade options it may even help you to decide whether or not you want to build an older system with an i5 750 inside it so let's get into some comparisons firstly with games both CPUs were tested with the gtx 1060 and 8 gigabytes of ram of course coffee lake has the advantage of ddr4 memory whereby 24 hundred megahertz was used and the i5 750 system used 1333 megahertz ddr3 RAM the i5 750 was also overclocked to 3.4 gigahertz in order to try and give it a little more of a performance boost and it's not too far-fetched considering a lot of people would have done this to their i5s fairly easily back in the day GTA 5 with the high settings ran very well on both CPUs averaging 95 with the high settings with the IFI of 80 467 with the i5 750 the footage shown throughout is from this 750 system there is and will be a noticeable difference throughout but the first I 5 is holding up well one game down next up it's Just Cause 3 again with the high settings the i5 80 400 average 94 at 1080p and the i5 750 saw a slightly lower 60 volts were playable and the i5 750 exhibited more stuttering here with low 1% and point 1% lows but there was nothing significant in terms of frame drops to put us off playing the game in csgo a game that requires little graphical processing power the CPU becomes the key factor in performance and this is where you can see the 8400 really pull ahead with an average frame rate of 264 compared to 189 the thing is not many people are going to have a problem playing csgo a 189 frames per second especially when the percentile figures indicate that there wasn't too much stutter finally I tested player unknowns battlegrounds still in early access the game runs pretty bad across most hardware but here with the low settings we managed to achieve 70 frames per second with the newer I 5 whereas the older 750 reported 44 not bad but in some games the 8-year old I 5 may start to show its age if we take a quick look in Cinebench and compare the 1 7 for single and 85 to multi-core scores of the 8400 with the 95 and 3 9 6 of the overclocked 750 differences in raw CPU power become more apparent and although the modern features and greater performance of the newer i-5 is better I really think the 750 the i-5 that started the range holds up very well in 2017 and I was expecting to see a larger gap between figures if you're putting together a new i-5 based PC wait until January for the cheaper coffee late compatible motherboards before buying the CPU and if you want to put together a used system because of budget limitations an old quad core i5 700 series processor will still make you very happy thank you for watching guys I hope you enjoyed this video please leave a like if you didn't and dislike if you didn't subscribe to the channel if you haven't done so already and hopefully I'll see you all in the next onehello everyone welcome to another video now Intel's i5 processor started life in late 2009 as mainstream alternatives to the more expensive I 7 lineup which offered a ton of power for enthusiasts starting at $199 the i5s were far more affordable the first of which to be released being the i5 750 under the Linfield architecture using the new at the time 1156 socket this featured 4 cores 4 threads and a clock speed of 2.6 gigahertz as well as an 8 megabyte cache you might assume that by the numbers that the i5 650 came out first but actually released the following january and featured half the l3 cache as well as half the cause making it roughly 20 to 40 percent slower than the quad-core 750 these days you can find one for as little as fifteen pounds without much searching around and they would still make a fine start to a budget PC build especially as 1156 motherboards seem to be a little cheaper now to eight years since the 750 s launched an Intel have switched up the quad core i5 formula and released their six core 80 480 600 K coffee Lake processors with the format costing roughly the same as the i5 750 at launch all those years ago the 8400 is likely to be the more popular choice because it offers better price to performance but it's still worth waiting until January when cheaper motherboards are available as pairing one with a z3 70 board makes no sense as it cannot be overclocked for now I thought it would be interesting to see how the very first i-5 compares to the latest one at the time of this video of course the winner is probably obvious already but this bit of fun may still be helpful if you have a first gen i5 in your PC and are considering upgrade options it may even help you to decide whether or not you want to build an older system with an i5 750 inside it so let's get into some comparisons firstly with games both CPUs were tested with the gtx 1060 and 8 gigabytes of ram of course coffee lake has the advantage of ddr4 memory whereby 24 hundred megahertz was used and the i5 750 system used 1333 megahertz ddr3 RAM the i5 750 was also overclocked to 3.4 gigahertz in order to try and give it a little more of a performance boost and it's not too far-fetched considering a lot of people would have done this to their i5s fairly easily back in the day GTA 5 with the high settings ran very well on both CPUs averaging 95 with the high settings with the IFI of 80 467 with the i5 750 the footage shown throughout is from this 750 system there is and will be a noticeable difference throughout but the first I 5 is holding up well one game down next up it's Just Cause 3 again with the high settings the i5 80 400 average 94 at 1080p and the i5 750 saw a slightly lower 60 volts were playable and the i5 750 exhibited more stuttering here with low 1% and point 1% lows but there was nothing significant in terms of frame drops to put us off playing the game in csgo a game that requires little graphical processing power the CPU becomes the key factor in performance and this is where you can see the 8400 really pull ahead with an average frame rate of 264 compared to 189 the thing is not many people are going to have a problem playing csgo a 189 frames per second especially when the percentile figures indicate that there wasn't too much stutter finally I tested player unknowns battlegrounds still in early access the game runs pretty bad across most hardware but here with the low settings we managed to achieve 70 frames per second with the newer I 5 whereas the older 750 reported 44 not bad but in some games the 8-year old I 5 may start to show its age if we take a quick look in Cinebench and compare the 1 7 for single and 85 to multi-core scores of the 8400 with the 95 and 3 9 6 of the overclocked 750 differences in raw CPU power become more apparent and although the modern features and greater performance of the newer i-5 is better I really think the 750 the i-5 that started the range holds up very well in 2017 and I was expecting to see a larger gap between figures if you're putting together a new i-5 based PC wait until January for the cheaper coffee late compatible motherboards before buying the CPU and if you want to put together a used system because of budget limitations an old quad core i5 700 series processor will still make you very happy thank you for watching guys I hope you enjoyed this video please leave a like if you didn't and dislike if you didn't subscribe to the channel if you haven't done so already and hopefully I'll see you all in the next one\n"