Intel Core i3-8145U vs Intel Core i5-6198DU

Core i3-8145U vs Core i5-6198DU specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6198DU beats the Core i3-8145U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8145U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-6198DU has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8145U. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Core i3-8145U also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i3-8145U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.