Intel Core i5-8250U vs i7-7500U – Comparison & Benchmarks

Intel Core i7 7500U (7th gen) vs Intel Core i5 8250U (8th gen)

Info	Intel Core i5 8250U	Intel Core i7 7500U
Price	$487.00 BUY NOW!	$683.97 BUY NOW!

Intel Core i7 7500U & Intel Core i5 8250U

So guys welcome here today we are comparing these two gaming beast CPUs, On the left side it is Intel Core i5- 8250U @ 1.60GHz and on the right side, there is an Intel Core i7-7500U @ 2.70GHz. 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7 7500U with 2-cores against the 1.6 GHz i5 8250U with 4-cores. We will tell you hereafter comparison which one is better and worth buying in these two processors, by benchmarks, games, and their specifications.

• Number of Threads
  1. i7 7500u – 2 cores/4 thread
  2. I5 8250u – 4 cores/8 threads
• Clock speed
  1. i7 7500u
     1. Base Clock – 2.7Ghz
     2. Turbo Clock – 3.5Ghz
  2. i5 8250u
     1. Base Clock – 1.6Ghz
     2. Turbo Clock – 3.4 Ghz
• Cache
  1. i7 7500u – 4 MB
  2. i5 8250u – 6 MB
  
• Integrated Graphics
  1. i7 7500u – HD 620
  2. i5 8250u – UHD 620

+ Points Of Intel Core i7-7500U @ 2.70GHz and Intel Core i5- 8250U @ 1.60GHz

Here are the Advantages of Intel Core i7 7500U

• It has a 3% higher Turbo Boost frequency (3.5 GHz vs 3.4 GHz)

Advantages of Intel Core i5 8250U

• Has 2 more physical cores
• Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
• Newer – released 1-year later
• Around 3.4 GB/s (10%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Intel Core i5-8250U @ 1.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-7500U @ 2.70GHz

General

Info

Intel Core i7-7500U

Intel Core i5-8250U

Vendor	Intel	Intel
Released	August 30, 2016	August 21, 2017
Launch price	–	297 USD
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Codename	Kaby Lake	Kaby Lake R
Model number	i7-7500U	i5-8250U
Socket	BGA-1356	BGA-1356
Integrated GPU	HD Graphics 620	UHD Graphics 620

Performance

Info

Intel Core i7-7500U

Intel Core i5-8250U

Cores	2	4
Threads	4	8
Base Frequency	2.7 GHz	1.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency	3.5 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus frequency	–	100 MHz
Multiplier	–	16x
Bus Bandwidth	4 GT/s	4 GT/s
L1 Cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 Cache	256K (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 Cache	4MB (shared)	6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No

Power

Info

Intel Core i7-7500U

Intel Core i5-8250U

Fabrication process	14 nm	14 nm
TDP	15 W	15 W
Max. temperature	100°C	100°C

iGPU

Info

Intel Core i7-7500U

Intel Core i5-8250U

Integrated Graphics	Intel HD Graphics 620	Intel UHD Graphics 620
GPU Base Clock	300 MHz	300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock	1050 MHz	1000 MHz
Shading Units	192	192
TMUs	24	24
ROPs	3	3
Execution Units	24	24
TGP	15 W	15 W
Max. Resolution	4096×2304 – 60 Hz	4096×2304 – 60 Hz

Memory support

Info

Intel Core i7-7500U

Intel Core i5-8250U

Memory types	DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Memory Size	32 GB	32 GB
Max. Memory Channels	2	2
Max. Memory Bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	37.5 GB/s
ECC Support	No	No

Misc

Info

Intel Core i7-7500U

Intel Core i5-8250U

Official site	Intel Core i7 7500U official page	Intel Core i5 8250U official page
PCI Express Version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express Lanes	12	12
Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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