Intel Core i7-8650U Benchmark

Intel Core i7-8650U Processor benchmark, specs and release date - 2 GHz 4 core Intel 8th Generation Core i7 BGA 1356 CPU rating. Is the Core i7-8650U good for gaming?

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CPU Benchmark Score

19 %

Average score from 2 samples
High uncertainty

Performance

Average

Ranking

650th of 1,233

Popularity

150th of 1,233

Samples

2 benchmarks

CPU benchmarks

Here are the performance results of this CPU in both the hardwareDB Benchmark and other benchmark utilities. Synthetic tests are an estimation of real-world performance using consistent and repeatable benchmarks.

Overall

Average

19 %

Gaming

Good

31 %

Multitasking

Average

15 %

Heavy Workloads

Average

15 %

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Alternative benchmarks

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Geekbench (multi)

Multi threaded benchmark

2,710

Geekbench (single)

Single threaded benchmark

895

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CPU Comparison

The Intel Core i7-8650U compared against popular alternatives. Compare against more CPUs with our CPU Comparison Tool.

Intel Core i7-8665U	23 %
Intel Core i5-8350U	21 %
Intel Core i5-7300HQ	21 %
Intel Core i5-10210U	20 %
Intel Core i7-8565U	20 %
Intel Core i7-8650U	19 %
Intel Core i5-10310U	18 %

Specifications

Clock Speed	1.9 GHz
Turbo Speed	4.2 GHz
Cores	4
Threads	8
L1 Cache	256 KiB
L2 Cache	1024 KiB
L3 Cache	8 MiB
PCIe Revision	3
PCIe Lanes	12
Socket	BGA 1356
Family	8th Generation Core i7
Memory Type	DDR4-2400
Memory Channels	2
Max Memory	32 GiB
Release Date	2017-08-01
Supports ECC Memory	No
Has Unlocked Multiplier	No
TDP	15 W

Intel Core i7-8650U

The Core i7-8650U is a 4 core CPU from Intel released in 2017. This chip has an average overall score at 19% in our CPU benchmark. Our gaming benchmark shows that this CPU is a good processor for gaming, with a score of 31%. As for multitasking and heavy workloads, the Core i7-8650U scores 15% and 15% respectively. Indeed, this is an average rating for very heavy workloads.

The Core i7-8650U has 4 cores and 8 threads. This CPU makes use of simultaneous multithreading technology to improve performance on parallel tasks. Each physical CPU core is divided into multiple logical processors. This Intel CPU has a clock speed of 1.9 GHz and a turbo speed of 4.2 GHz : a higher clock speed that can be reached when thermals and power delivery allow. This CPU has a locked multiplier, so you are not able to overclock it beyond this frequency.

As for memory, the Core i7-8650U makes use of DDR4-2400 memory. The faster the memory, the better. Faster memory means that the CPU doesn't have to wait to get the data it needs. It can accommodate a maximum of 32 GiB of memory. Furthermore, this chip can handle up to 2 channels of RAM, a multichannel memory architecture allows for higher data transfer between the CPU and the memory. However, to take advantage of this, you must have enough memory slots filled. Error correcting memory is not supported on this processor.

In terms of cache, the Core i7-8650U has 256 KiB of level 1 cache, 1 MiB of level 2 cache and 8 MiB of level 3 cache. This is a fast memory located close to the processor, which stores copies of frequently used data from main memory.

This CPU has fast connectivity with support for PCI-Express Gen 3. The faster the PCIe link, the better. This allows for better performance with GPUs and NVME SSDs. It has a total of 12 PCIe lanes.

Power and thermals for the Intel Core i7-8650U CPU are a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 15 watts. This measures the amount of heat the processor produces when running at full load. This isn't a measure of power consumption, but it's good estimate.

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