Intel Core i5-11400 vs Intel Core i7-8650U

Core i5-11400 vs Core i7-8650U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-11400 performs better than the Core i7-8650U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8650U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-11400 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-8650U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8650U. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11400 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8650U. Also, the Core i5-11400 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-8650U outputs less heat than Core i5-11400 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 i5-11400 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8650U. The Core i5-11400 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i5-11400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.