Intel Core i7-10700K vs Intel Core i7-8650U

Core i7-10700K vs Core i7-8650U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-10700K performs better than the Core i7-8650U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8650U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-10700K has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8650U. Indeed, the Core i7-10700K has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-8650U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8650U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8650U. Also, the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-8650U outputs less heat than Core i7-10700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-10700K has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8650U. The Core i7-10700K also has significantly 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. Indeed, the Core i7-10700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.