Intel Core i7-8086K vs Intel Core i5-1235U

Core i7-8086K vs Core i5-1235U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8086K is faster than the Core i5-1235U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1235U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-1235U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8086K. Indeed, the Core i5-1235U has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8086K. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-8086K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1235U. Also, the Core i7-8086K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1235U outputs less heat than Core i7-8086K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-1235U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8086K. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 i7-8086K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.