Intel Core i3-4005U vs Intel Core i7-8500Y

Core i3-4005U vs Core i7-8500Y benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8500Y beats the Core i3-4005U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4005U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-4005U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8500Y. The Core i7-8500Y outputs less heat than Core i3-4005U thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-4005U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.