Intel Core i5-8265U vs Intel Core i7-7600U

Core i5-8265U vs Core i7-7600U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8265U beats the Core i7-7600U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7600U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-8265U has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i7-7600U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7600U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7600U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8265U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. 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.

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.