Intel Core i5-8500 vs Intel Core i7-10510U

Core i5-8500 vs Core i7-10510U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8500 is faster than the Core i7-10510U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10510U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-8500 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-10510U. Indeed, the Core i5-8500 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-10510U. Despite this, the Core i7-10510U has more threads than the Core i5-8500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-8500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10510U. Despite this, the Core i7-10510U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-10510U outputs less heat than Core i5-8500 thanks to a 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 i5-8500 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-10510U. The Core i5-8500 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Core i5-8500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.