Intel Core i3-8350K vs Intel Core i5-8279U

Core i3-8350K vs Core i5-8279U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-8350K beats the Core i5-8279U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8279U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-8279U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-8350K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8279U. The Core i5-8279U outputs less heat than Core i3-8350K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Core i3-8350K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.