Intel Core i3-8145U vs Intel Core i7-6500U

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i7 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-6500U

Price

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$ 1551.00

$ 242.00 slightly less expensive

$ 1793.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1258 points

1306 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2455 points

2566 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

936 points

974 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

895 points

934 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.95 points

24.12 points

0.68% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1575 points

1641 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

794 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

719 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

2.5 GHz

19% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

25% slightly higher turbo speed

3.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

Identical

15 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

880th of 1,089

870th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i3

6th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 August

2015 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-8145U vs Core i7-6500U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-8145U performs better than the Core i7-6500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6500U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6500U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-8145U. Despite this, the Core i3-8145U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-8145U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.