Intel Core i7-8665U vs Intel Core 7 150U

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2271 points
2898 points
27% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3777 points
4205 points
11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1836 points
2534 points
38% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1758 points
2452 points
39% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

45.82 points
84.75 points
84% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
10
150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.9 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5.4 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
96 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

669th of 1,089
554th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
Core (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR5-5200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-8665U vs Core 7 150U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 7 150U is faster than the Core i7-8665U. Despite this, the Core i7-8665U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 7 150U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8665U. Indeed, the Core 7 150U has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-8665U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8665U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-8665U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core 7 150U.

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 i7-8665U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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