Intel Core i5-8500T vs Intel Core i3-N305

Core i5-8500T vs Core i3-N305 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8500T beats the Core i3-N305 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-N305 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i3-N305 has slightly more cores than the Core i5-8500T. Indeed, the Core i3-N305 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-8500T. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8500T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-8500T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-N305. In terms of cache, the Core i3-N305 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8500T. Despite this, the Core i5-8500T has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-N305.

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 i5-8500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.