Intel Core i5-8250U vs Intel Core i5-3470S

Core i5-8250U vs Core i5-3470S specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8250U beats the Core i5-3470S in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-3470S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-8250U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3470S has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8250U. Also, the Core i5-3470S has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3470S 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.