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

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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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

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.95 points

10% slightly higher Blender score

21.68 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1575 points

1963 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) 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

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

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

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

930th of 1,121

931st of 1,121

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 i7-6650U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-8145U beats the Core i7-6650U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-6650U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6650U 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.

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