Core i5-8259U vs Core i5-1235U benchmarks
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-1235U performs better than the Core i5-8259U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8259U in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1235U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i5-8259U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8259U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-8259U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1235U. Despite this, the Core i5-1235U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1235U outputs less heat than Core i5-8259U thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-1235U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-8259U. The Core i5-1235U also has significantly more L3 cache.
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 i5-8259U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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