Intel Core i5-8350U vs Intel Core i5-3550S

Core i5-8350U vs Core i5-3550S benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8350U is faster than the Core i5-3550S. Despite this, the Core i5-3550S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-8350U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-3550S has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8350U. Also, the Core i5-3550S has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8350U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3550S CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-8350U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.