Intel Core i7-8650U vs Intel Core i5-3230M

Core i7-8650U vs Core i5-3230M specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8650U is faster than the Core i5-3230M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3230M in all gaming tests too.

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 i5-3230M that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3230M. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3230M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8650U. Despite this, the Core i7-8650U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8650U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3230M CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-8650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.