Intel Core i7-8650U

Intel Core i7-8650U - benchmark tests, specifications and information

From: Nikola Ivandjikov 13 November 2017 / 05:36 | 0

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The Intel Core i7-8650U is part of the new 8th Generation Kaby Lake Refresh and it’s a direct successor to the Intel Core i7-7500U from the Kaby Lake generation and the Intel Core i7-6500U from the 6th Skylake generation. With the latest alteration to the ULV (ultra-low voltage) processors, Intel doubles the core count from 2 to 4 and retaining the so-called Hyper-Threading technology, keeping the same 14nm manufacturing process and feature the same 15W TDP.

However, due to the core count change, the base frequency of the Core i7-8550U is lowered to only 1.9 GHz while Turbo Boost frequencies remain pretty high – 4.2 GHz. This ensures considerably higher multi-core and single-core performance during short workloads before going back to more bearable frequencies considering the 15W TDP but most of the other specs and features remain the same.

The chip also incorporates a newer Intel Gen 9.5 integrated graphics called Intel UHD Graphics 620. The support for Google’s VP9 codec and H.265/HEVC Main 10 is still the most notable feature of the iGPU. Intel claims that the new UHD 620 chips improve the overall power consumption compared to the previous one.

Ranking	92
Base / Max CPU frequency	1.90 - 4.20 GHz
Number of cores	4
Instructions type	64 bits
TDP	15 W
Integrated GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 620
Base GPU frequency	300 MHz
Max. operating temperature	100 °C
Memory channels	2

Released	Q3 2017
Core / Architecture	Kaby Lake Refresh
Logical Cores (Threads)	8
LL cache	8000 KB
Lithography	14 nm
Official website	ark.intel.com
Max. GPU frequency	1150 MHz
Memory Type	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max Memory	32 GB

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Intel Core i7-8650U - benchmark tests

Cinebench R23 (Multi)

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Intel Core i7-8650U vs competitors:

#	CPU	Cinebench 20 (M)	Performance Difference	In laptops starting at...	Price Difference
90.	Intel Core i5-1035G1	1573	2%	$399.00	18%
91.	Intel Core i5-1035G4	1471	1%	$489.00	33%
92.	Intel Core i7-8650U	1289	7%	$725.00	326%
93.	Intel Core i3-1115G4	1312	7%	$169.99	34%
94.	Intel Core i7-8550U	1130	4%	$259.00	45%
95.	Intel Core i5-8250U	1085	-	$467.40	-