Intel Core i7-8565U vs Intel Core 7 150U

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1896 points
2898 points
52% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3181 points
4205 points
32% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1530 points
2534 points
65% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1465 points
2452 points
67% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

39.09 points
84.75 points
116% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
10
150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.8 GHz
Identical
1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5.4 GHz
17% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
96 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
6.5 MiB
550% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

739th of 1,089
554th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
Core (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 August
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-8565U vs Core 7 150U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 7 150U is faster than the Core i7-8565U. Despite this, the Core i7-8565U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 7 150U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8565U. Indeed, the Core 7 150U has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-8565U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8565U. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-8565U and Core 7 150U are identical in this regard. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 7 150U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8565U. The Core 7 150U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-8565U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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