Intel Core i3-8145U vs Intel Core i7-8650U

Core i3-8145U vs Core i7-8650U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8650U is faster than the Core i3-8145U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8145U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-8650U has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-8145U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-8145U. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-8145U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8650U. Despite this, the Core i7-8650U 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. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-8650U has more L2 cache than the Core i3-8145U. The Core i7-8650U also has significantly 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.