Intel Core i5-8265U vs Intel Core i7-8700T

Core i5-8265U vs Core i7-8700T comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8700T beats the Core i5-8265U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8265U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-8700T has significantly more cores than the Core i5-8265U. Indeed, the Core i7-8700T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-8265U. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8265U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8700T has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8265U. Also, the Core i7-8700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8265U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-8700T CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-8700T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8265U. The Core i7-8700T also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.