Component comparison
Core i5-8250U vs Core Ultra 7 165H
Core i5-8250U vs Core Ultra 7 165H — detailed CPU comparison: performance, cores, frequencies.
Advantages
A
Core i5-8250U
Components are close in specs
B
Core Ultra 7 165H
- + Release year (+6)
- + Cores (+12)
- + Threads (+14)
- + Base clock (GHz) (+2.20 GHz)
- + Boost clock (GHz) (+1.60 GHz)
- + L3 cache (MB) (+18 MB)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+13 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-7 nm)
- + Critical temp (°C) (+10 °C)
- + PassMark (overall) (+19698)
- + Normalized score (+23.0)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
Core i5-8250U
|
Component B
Core Ultra 7 165H
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2017 | 2023 (+6) |
| Cores | 4 | 16 (+12) |
| Threads | 8 | 22 (+14) |
| Base clock (GHz) | 1.60 GHz | 3.80 GHz (+2.20 GHz) |
| Boost clock (GHz) | 3.40 GHz | 5.00 GHz (+1.60 GHz) |
| L1 cache (KB) | 64 KB | — |
| L2 cache (KB) | 256 KB | — |
| L3 cache (MB) | 6 MB | 24 MB (+18 MB) |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 37 GB/s | — |
| Memory channels | 2 | — |
| Max memory (GB) | 32 GB | — |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 15 W | 28 W (+13 W) |
| Lithography (nm) | 14 nm | 7 nm (-7 nm) |
| Critical temp (°C) | 100 °C | 110 °C (+10 °C) |
| PassMark (overall) | 6,158 | 25,856 (+19698) |
| PassMark (single-thread) | — | — |
| Geekbench 5 (single-core) | 771 | — |
| Geekbench 5 (multi-core) | 1,971 | — |
| Normalized score | 35.9 | 58.9 (+23.0) |
Only in component A
amd_v
In both
AVX
AVX2
AES-NI
VT-x
VT-d
Based on the comparison:
Core Ultra 7 165H wins 11 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).