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

Core i5-8250U vs Core i5-3550S benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-3550S performs better than the Core i5-8250U. 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3550S has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8250U. Also, the Core i5-3550S has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3550S 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.