Intel Core i7-8565U vs Intel Core i5-3450

Core i7-8565U vs Core i5-3450 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8565U beats the Core i5-3450 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-3450 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-8565U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-3450 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8565U. Despite this, the Core i7-8565U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8565U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3450 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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