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Core i5-8250U vs i3-8130U


Description
Both models i5-8250U and i3-8130U are based on Kaby Lake architecture.

The first Kaby Lake CPU was released in August 2016. It uses a 14 nm process and was the first architecture in breaking the previous tick-tock model. Actually, it is not that different from the preceding Skylake: it has 64kB of L1 cache and 256kB L2 cache per core.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i5-8250U gets a score of 161.3 k points while the i3-8130U gets 88.3 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-8250U is 1.8 times faster than the i3-8130U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
806ea
806ea
Core
Kaby Lake-R
Kaby Lake-R
Architecture
Base frecuency
1.6 GHz
2.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.4 GHz
3.4 GHz
Socket
BGA1356
BGA 1356
Cores/Threads
4/8
2/4
TDP
15 W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
2x256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
4096 kB
Date
August 2017
February 2018
Mean monothread perf.
54.31k points
47.35k points
Mean multithread perf.
161.26k points
88.35k points

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i5-8250U
i3-8130U
Test#1 (Integers)
22.11k
21.09k (x0.95)
Test#2 (FP)
19.64k
19.41k (x0.99)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.54k
4.05k (x0.89)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.03k
2.8k (x0.35)
TOTAL
54.31k
47.35k (x0.87)

Multithread

i5-8250U

i3-8130U
Test#1 (Integers)
74.19k
38.23k (x0.52)
Test#2 (FP)
66.27k
38.89k (x0.59)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
15.97k
8.75k (x0.55)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.83k
2.47k (x0.51)
TOTAL
161.26k
88.35k (x0.55)

Performance/W
i5-8250U
i3-8130U
Test#1 (Integers)
4946 points/W
2549 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
4418 points/W
2593 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1065 points/W
584 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
322 points/W
165 points/W
TOTAL
10751 points/W
5890 points/W

Performance/GHz
i5-8250U
i3-8130U
Test#1 (Integers)
6503 points/GHz
6204 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5777 points/GHz
5708 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1334 points/GHz
1190 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2361 points/GHz
823 points/GHz
TOTAL
15975 points/GHz
13925 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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