Intel Core i5-5300U vs Intel Core i7-8500Y

Core i5-5300U vs Core i7-8500Y specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8500Y is faster than the Core i5-5300U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-5300U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-5300U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8500Y. Despite this, the Core i7-8500Y has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-8500Y outputs less heat than Core i5-5300U thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-5300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.