Intel Core i7-8565U vs Intel Core i5-3210M

Core i7-8565U vs Core i5-3210M comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8565U beats the Core i5-3210M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3210M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-8565U has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5-3210M that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3210M. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-3210M has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-8565U. Despite this, the Core i7-8565U has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8565U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3210M CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 i7-8565U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.