Intel Core i5-6500T vs Intel Core i7-8650U

Core i5-6500T vs Core i7-8650U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8650U beats the Core i5-6500T in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-6500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-8650U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-6500T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8650U. Despite this, the Core i7-8650U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-8650U outputs less heat than Core i5-6500T 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 i5-6500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.