Intel Core i7-8500Y vs Intel Core i5 M 430

Core i7-8500Y vs Core i5 M 430 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5 M 430 performs better than the Core i7-8500Y. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8500Y in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5 M 430 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8500Y.

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 i7-8500Y has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.