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    Intel Core i5-8250U vs Intel Core i3-4350

    Intel Core i5-8250U
    Intel BGA1356MOBILE
    1600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2017
    Intel Core i5-8250U
    Intel Core i3-4350
    Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
    3600 MHz / Cores: 2 / May 2014
    Intel Core i3-4350

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • Intel Core i5-8250U
      122%
    • Intel Core i3-4350
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • Intel Core i5-8250U
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-4350
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • Intel Core i5-8250U
      145%
    • Intel Core i3-4350
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-8250U

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 45% 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 22% higher average synthetic performance.

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-4350

    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 i3-4350
    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 i3-4350
    ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_Haswell
    MarketMobilevsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133vsDDR3
    CodenameKaby LakevsHaswell
    Release DateSep 2017vsMay 2014

    Cores

    Intel Core i5-8250UIntel Core i3-4350
    Cores4vs2
    Threads8vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsIntel UHD 620vsIntel HD 4600

    Cache

    Intel Core i5-8250UIntel Core i3-4350
    L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

    Physical

    Intel Core i5-8250UIntel Core i3-4350
    SocketIntel BGA1356vsIntel Socket 1150
    Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
    Package FC-BGA1356vsFC-LGA12C
    Die Sizeunknownvs177mm²
    Process14 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    Intel Core i5-8250UIntel Core i3-4350
    Cpu Frequency1600 MHzvs3600 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 i3-4350
      4032 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Core i5-8250U
      9216 points
    • Intel Core i3-4350
      9676 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • Intel Core i5-8250U
      146
    • Intel Core i3-4350 (simulated)
      145.85

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • Intel Core i5-8250U
      523
    • Intel Core i3-4350 (simulated)
      360

    points - higher is better

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