Intel Core i5-8265U vs Intel Core i7-3517U

Core i5-8265U vs Core i7-3517U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8265U is faster than the Core i7-3517U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3517U 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 i7-3517U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3517U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3517U has a slightly 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 i7-3517U CPU because of its slightly 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 i5-8265U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.