Intel Core i5-8265U vs Intel Core i9-12900T

Core i5-8265U vs Core i9-12900T comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8265U beats the Core i9-12900T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12900T has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-8265U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8265U. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-8265U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8265U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-12900T 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 i9-12900T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8265U. The Core i9-12900T also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.