Intel Core i7-8650U vs Intel Pentium Gold G5400

Core i7-8650U vs Pentium Gold G5400 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8650U performs better than the Pentium Gold G5400. Despite this, the Pentium Gold G5400 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 Pentium Gold G5400 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Pentium Gold G5400. Our comparison shows that the Pentium Gold G5400 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8650U. A Core i7-8650U CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium Gold G5400 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-8650U has significantly more L2 cache than the Pentium Gold G5400. The Core i7-8650U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.