Intel Core i5-8265U vs Intel Core i7-6500U

Core i5-8265U vs Core i7-6500U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8265U is faster than the Core i7-6500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6500U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-8265U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6500U. Indeed, the Core i5-8265U has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-6500U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6500U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6500U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8265U. Despite this, the Core i5-8265U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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.