Intel Core i5-8500 vs Intel Core i7-1355U

Core i5-8500 vs Core i7-1355U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-1355U is faster than the Core i5-8500. Despite this, the Core i5-8500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-1355U has significantly more cores than the Core i5-8500. Indeed, the Core i7-1355U has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-8500. It also 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 i7-1355U. Despite this, the Core i7-1355U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-1355U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8500. The Core i7-1355U also has slightly more L3 cache.

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