Intel Core i3-8145U vs Intel Core i7-6650U

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1199 points
1% slightly better overall score
1184 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2335 points
2342 points
0.30% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

894 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
881 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

855 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
844 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.95 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
21.68 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1575 points
1963 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

794 points
931 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
2.2 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed
3.4 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

16
33% slightly more pcie lanes
12

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

924th of 1,114
925th of 1,114

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

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

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