Intel Core i5-8365U vs Intel Core i5-8500

Core i5-8365U vs Core i5-8500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8500 beats the Core i5-8365U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8365U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-8500 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-8365U that has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i5-8365U has more threads than the Core i5-8500. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-8500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8365U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i5-8365U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-8500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-8365U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.