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    Intel Core i5-8350U vs Intel Core i3-7120T

    Intel Core i5-8350U
    Intel BGA1356MOBILE
    1700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2017
    Intel Core i5-8350U
    Intel Core i3-7120T
    Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
    3600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2017
    Intel Core i3-7120T

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • Intel Core i5-8350U
      113%
    • Intel Core i3-7120T
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • Intel Core i5-8350U
      100%
    • Intel Core i3-7120T
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • Intel Core i5-8350U
      126%
    • Intel Core i3-7120T
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-8350U

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 26% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    Around 13% higher average synthetic performance.

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-7120T

    None
    Intel Core i5-8350U

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-8350U

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    Intel Core i5-8350U

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-8350U

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

    Specifications

    Features

    Intel Core i5-8350UIntel Core i3-7120T
    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
    SSE4.1
    HTT

    Architecture

    Intel Core i5-8350UIntel Core i3-7120T
    ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_Kabylake
    MarketMobilevsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133vsDDR4
    CodenameKaby LakevsKaby Lake
    Release DateSep 2017vsJul 2017

    Cores

    Intel Core i5-8350UIntel Core i3-7120T
    Cores4vs2
    Threads8vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsIntel UHD 620vsIntel HD 630

    Cache

    Intel Core i5-8350UIntel Core i3-7120T
    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 i5-8350UIntel Core i3-7120T
    SocketIntel BGA1356vsIntel Socket 1151
    Max Case Tempunknownvs65°C
    Package FC-BGA1356vsFC-LGA1151
    Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
    Process14 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    Intel Core i5-8350UIntel Core i3-7120T
    Cpu Frequency1700 MHzvs3600 MHz
    Turbo Clock3600 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP15 Wvs35 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Core i5-8350U
      4320 points
    • Intel Core i3-7120T
      4320 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • Intel Core i5-8350U
      9792 points
    • Intel Core i3-7120T
      10368 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • Intel Core i5-8350U (simulated)
      154.59
    • Intel Core i3-7120T (simulated)
      153.43

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • Intel Core i5-8350U (simulated)
      496.78
    • Intel Core i3-7120T (simulated)
      393.23

    points - higher is better

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