Intel Core i7-8650U vs Intel Core i3-7120

Intel Core i7-8650U
Intel BGA1356MOBILE
1900 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2017
Intel Core i7-8650U
Intel Core i3-7120
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2017
Intel Core i3-7120

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-8650U
    116%
  • Intel Core i3-7120
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-8650U
    105%
  • Intel Core i3-7120
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-8650U
    127%
  • Intel Core i3-7120
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-8650U

5% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 27% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 16% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-7120

None

Intel Core i7-8650U

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-8650U

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-8650U

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-8650U

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-8650UIntel Core i3-7120
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 i7-8650UIntel Core i3-7120
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_Kabylake
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameKaby LakevsKaby Lake
Release DateSep 2017vsJul 2017

Cores

Intel Core i7-8650UIntel Core i3-7120
Cores4vs2
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel UHD 620vsIntel HD 630

Cache

Intel Core i7-8650UIntel Core i3-7120
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 i7-8650UIntel Core i3-7120
SocketIntel BGA1356vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs65°C
Package FC-BGA1356vsFC-LGA1151
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-8650UIntel Core i3-7120
Cpu Frequency1900 MHzvs4000 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP25 Wvs51 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-8650U
    5040 points
  • Intel Core i3-7120
    4800 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-8650U
    10944 points
  • Intel Core i3-7120
    11520 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-8650U (simulated)
    180.35
  • Intel Core i3-7120 (simulated)
    170.48

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-8650U (simulated)
    555.22
  • Intel Core i3-7120 (simulated)
    436.92

points - higher is better