Intel Core i5-8265U vs Intel Core i3-4020Y

Core i5-8265U vs Core i3-4020Y specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-8265U performs better than the Core i3-4020Y. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4020Y in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-8265U has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-4020Y has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4020Y. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-8265U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-4020Y. The Core i3-4020Y outputs less heat than Core i5-8265U thanks to a 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 i5-8265U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.