Intel Core i7-8705G vs Intel Core i3-N305

Core i7-8705G vs Core i3-N305 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-N305 performs better than the Core i7-8705G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8705G in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i3-N305 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8705G. Indeed, the Core i3-N305 has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-8705G. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8705G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-N305. Also, the Core i7-8705G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-N305 outputs less heat than Core i7-8705G thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i3-N305 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8705G. Despite this, the Core i7-8705G has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-N305.

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 i7-8705G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.