Intel Core i5-8250U vs Intel Core i5-3550

Core i5-8250U vs Core i5-3550 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-3550 beats the Core i5-8250U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8250U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-8250U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-3550 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8250U. Also, the Core i5-3550 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3550 CPU because of its 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. Indeed, the Core i5-8250U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.