Intel Core i7-6560U vs Intel Core i7-8650U

Core i7-6560U vs Core i7-8650U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8650U beats the Core i7-6560U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6560U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-8650U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-6560U. Indeed, the Core i7-8650U has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-6560U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6560U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-6560U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8650U. Despite this, the Core i7-8650U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. Indeed, the Core i7-6560U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.