Intel Core i3-4010U vs Intel Core i7-8500Y

Core i3-4010U vs Core i7-8500Y comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-4010U is faster than the Core i7-8500Y. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8500Y in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4010U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8500Y. The Core i7-8500Y outputs less heat than Core i3-4010U thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-4010U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.