Intel Core i7-8650U vs Intel Core i3-1005G1

Core i7-8650U vs Core i3-1005G1 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8650U beats the Core i3-1005G1 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-1005G1 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-8650U has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-1005G1 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1005G1. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8650U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1005G1. Also, the Core i7-8650U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-8650U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-1005G1. The Core i7-8650U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-8650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.