Intel Core i5-8250U vs Intel Core i7-2820QM

Core i5-8250U vs Core i7-2820QM comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8250U beats the Core i7-2820QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2820QM in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-2820QM has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8250U. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i5-8250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2820QM CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-8250U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.