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Intel Core i7-8650U
Benchmarks & Specs

Name: Intel Core i7-8650U
Brand: Intel
Rating: 4.3 (40 reviews)

Last updated: 2026-06-07

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

The Intel Core i7-8650U has 4 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 8. gen of the Intel Core i7 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1356 socket and was released in Q3/2017. The Intel Core i7-8650U scores 1,069 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 3,079 points.

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 350 / 584
In segment Notebook

Multi-core performance

Rank 370 / 578
In segment Notebook

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,047 pts

2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz

1,040 pts

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

1,037 pts

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

1,033 pts

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)

12C / 12T · 3.40 GHz

1,032 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.30 GHz

3,956 pts

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

3,760 pts

4C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

3,576 pts

4C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

3,544 pts

4C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

3,544 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.10 GHz

1,382

4C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

1,376

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

1,373

4C / 8T · 4.10 GHz

1,371

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

1,368

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

3,588

4C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

3,587

4C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

3,564

4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

3,556

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

3,541

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

367 cb

2C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

366 cb

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

365 cb

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

360 cb

4C / 8T · 3.70 GHz

360 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz

1,075

4C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,073

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

1,069

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

1,067

4C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,066

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

1,352 cb

4C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

1,352 cb

4C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

1,299 cb

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

1,279 cb

4C / 8T · 3.10 GHz

1,246 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.30 GHz

3,088

4C / 8T · 2.50 GHz

3,080

4C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

3,079

8C / 8T · 3.15 GHz

3,053

4C / 8T · 2.20 GHz

3,050

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 620

442

Intel UHD Graphics 620

442

Intel UHD Graphics 620

442

Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake)

441

AMD Radeon R6 (Merlin Falcon)

440

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 2.50 GHz

94.0 s

8C / 16T · 4.20 GHz

174.0 s

4C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

700.0 s

4C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

705.3 s

4C / 4T · 2.70 GHz

720.4 s

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

1,790

4C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

1,760

4C / 8T · 1.90 GHz

1,758

4C / 8T · 2.90 GHz

1,756

4C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

1,753

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.00 GHz

176 cb

4C / 8T · 4.60 GHz

176 cb

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

175 cb

4C / 8T · 4.10 GHz

174 cb

4C / 8T · 4.10 GHz

174 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

620 cb

4C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

620 cb

4C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

614 cb

4C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

604 cb

4C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

604 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Property	Value
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 8000U (KL) (7)
Architecture	Kaby Lake U Refresh
Technology	14 nm
Segment	Notebook
Socket	BGA 1356
Generation	8
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Property	Value
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓
Core architecture	normal
Cores:	4x
Frequency:	1.90 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	4.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):	2.60 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	8.00 MB
Overclocking	No

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Property	Value
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 620
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	16 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q3/2016

NPU AI performance

Property	Value
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Memory type	Memory bandwidth
DDR4-2400	38.4 GB/s
Property	Value
Max. Memory	32 GB
Memory channels	2
ECC	✗
PCIe	3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Property	Value
TDP	15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Property	Value
Chip design	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q3/2017
Release price	400 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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