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Core i5-8350U vs i5-8250U


Description
Both models i5-8350U and i5-8250U 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 i5-8350U gets a score of 112.1 k points while the i5-8250U gets 153.5 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-8250U is 1.4 times faster than the i5-8350U. 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
1.7 GHz
1.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
3.6 GHz
3.4 GHz
Socket
BGA 1356
BGA1356
Cores/Threads
4/8
4/8
TDP
15 W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
4x32+4x32 kB
Cache L2
4x256 kB
4x256 kB
Cache L3
6144 kB
6144 kB
Date
August 2017
August 2017
Mean monothread perf.
38.31k points
53.8k points
Mean multithread perf.
112.12k points
153.5k 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
i5-8350U
i5-8250U
Test#1 (Integers)
16.74k
22k (x1.31)
Test#2 (FP)
14.66k
19.55k (x1.33)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.79k
4.41k (x1.58)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.12k
7.83k (x1.9)
TOTAL
38.31k
53.8k (x1.4)

Multithread

i5-8350U

i5-8250U
Test#1 (Integers)
51.05k
70.15k (x1.37)
Test#2 (FP)
45.59k
63.27k (x1.39)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
10.69k
15.29k (x1.43)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.78k
4.8k (x1)
TOTAL
112.12k
153.5k (x1.37)

Performance/W
i5-8350U
i5-8250U
Test#1 (Integers)
3403 points/W
4676 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
3039 points/W
4218 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
713 points/W
1019 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
319 points/W
320 points/W
TOTAL
7475 points/W
10233 points/W

Performance/GHz
i5-8350U
i5-8250U
Test#1 (Integers)
4650 points/GHz
6471 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
4071 points/GHz
5750 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
776 points/GHz
1298 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1144 points/GHz
2304 points/GHz
TOTAL
10642 points/GHz
15823 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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