Intel Core i5-8250U vs Intel Core i3-4330

Core i5-8250U vs Core i3-4330 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-8250U performs better than the Core i3-4330. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4330 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-8250U has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-4330 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4330. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-4330 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8250U. A Core i5-8250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-4330 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-8250U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.