Intel Core i5-8265U vs Intel Core i7-9700

Core i5-8265U vs Core i7-9700 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-9700 is faster than the Core i5-8265U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8265U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-9700 has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-8265U has 4 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9700 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8265U. Also, the Core i7-9700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8265U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-9700 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-9700 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-8265U. The Core i7-9700 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.