Intel Core i5-8259U vs Intel Core i5-3570K

Core i5-8259U vs Core i5-3570K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-3570K beats the Core i5-8259U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8259U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-8259U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3570K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8259U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i5-8259U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3570K 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 i5-8259U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.