Intel Core i5-8350U vs Intel Core i5-3230M

Core i5-8350U vs Core i5-3230M benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8350U beats the Core i5-3230M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3230M in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-8350U has significantly more cores than the Core i5-3230M. Indeed, the Core i5-8350U has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-3230M. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3230M. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-3230M has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8350U. Despite this, the Core i5-8350U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8350U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3230M CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 i5-8350U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.