Intel Core i7-8650U vs Intel Core i5-3380M

Core i7-8650U vs Core i5-3380M specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8650U is faster than the Core i5-3380M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3380M in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-8650U has significantly more cores than the Core i5-3380M. Indeed, the Core i7-8650U has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-3380M. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3380M. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-3380M has a significantly 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 i5-3380M 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 i7-8650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.