Intel Core i5-8265U vs Intel Core i5-3210M

Core i5-8265U vs Core i5-3210M benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8265U beats the Core i5-3210M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3210M 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 i5-3210M has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3210M. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-3210M has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8265U. Despite this, the Core i5-8265U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8265U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3210M 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 i5-8265U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.