Intel Core i5-8250U vs Intel Core i3-4130

Intel Core i5-8250U
Intel BGA1356MOBILE
1600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2017
Intel Core i5-8250U
Intel Core i3-4130
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2013
Intel Core i3-4130

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    129%
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    105%
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    153%
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-8250U

5% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 53% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 29% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-4130

None

Intel Core i5-8250U

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-8250U

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-8250U

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-8250U

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-8250UIntel Core i3-4130
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

Intel Core i5-8250UIntel Core i3-4130
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_Haswell
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsHaswell
Release DateSep 2017vsSep 2013

Cores

Intel Core i5-8250UIntel Core i3-4130
Cores4vs2
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel UHD 620vsIntel HD 4400

Cache

Intel Core i5-8250UIntel Core i3-4130
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-8250UIntel Core i3-4130
SocketIntel BGA1356vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
Package FC-BGA1356vsFC-LGA12C
Die Sizeunknownvs177mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-8250UIntel Core i3-4130
Cpu Frequency1600 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock3400 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP15 Wvs54 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    4080 points
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    3808 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    9216 points
  • Intel Core i3-4130
    9139 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    146
  • Intel Core i3-4130 (simulated)
    137.74

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    523
  • Intel Core i3-4130 (simulated)
    340

points - higher is better