Intel Core i5-8500 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155U

Core i5-8500 vs Core Ultra 7 155U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8500 beats the Core Ultra 7 155U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 155U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 155U has significantly more cores than the Core i5-8500. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 155U has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-8500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8500. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-8500 has a much higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 155U. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 155U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-8500. The Core Ultra 7 155U 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.