Intel Core i5-8350U vs Intel Core i7-12700K

Core i5-8350U vs Core i7-12700K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700K beats the Core i5-8350U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8350U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700K has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-8350U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8350U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8350U. Also, the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8350U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12700K 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.