Intel Core i7-8650U Benchmark, Test and specs

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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.
Intel Core i7-8650U

At a glance

Name: Intel Core i7-8650U
Family: Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group: Intel Core i 8000U (KL) (7)
Architecture: Kaby Lake U Refresh
Technology: 14 nm
Segment: Notebook
Generation: 8
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-8650U has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-8650U is 1.90 GHz (4.20 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 4 / 8
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 4x
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 1.90 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 4.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): 2.60 GHz

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Core i7-8650U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-8650U uses the Intel UHD Graphics 620, which has 192 texture shaders and 24 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: Intel UHD Graphics 620
GPU frequency: 0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.15 GHz
Compute units: 24
Shader: 192
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q3/2016
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 9.5
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 16 GB
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 32 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2400
38.4 GB/s
Max. Memory: 32 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth: 11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 15 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-8650U is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 8.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 14 nm
Chip design: Monolithic
Socket: BGA 1356
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 8.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Virtualization: VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date: Q3/2017
Release price: 400 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-8650U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
1049
Intel Core i3-1005G1 Intel Core i3-1005G1
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1047
Intel Core i7-7660U Intel Core i7-7660U
2C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
1040
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
1037
AMD Ryzen 5 4680U AMD Ryzen 5 4680U
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1033
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-78-100)
12C 12T @ 3.40 GHz
1032
Intel Core i7-8550U Intel Core i7-8550U
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
1032

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-1034G1 Intel Core i5-1034G1
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
3956
Intel Core i3-N300 Intel Core i3-N300
8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
3760
Intel Processor U300 Intel Processor U300
5C 6T @ 1.20 GHz
3674
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
3576
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
3544
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
3544
Intel Core i7-3635QM Intel Core i7-3635QM
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
3301

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a partial load benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. In the single-core test, only the fastest CPU core is measured. The test run simulates the performance in practice.
Intel Core i7-8559U Intel Core i7-8559U
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz
1390
Intel Core i7-8750H Intel Core i7-8750H
6C 12T @ 4.10 GHz
1382
Intel Core i7-8565U Intel Core i7-8565U
4C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
1376
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
1373
Intel Core i7-8709G Intel Core i7-8709G
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
1371
Intel Core i7-1060G7 Intel Core i7-1060G7
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1368
Intel Core i7-1060NG7 Intel Core i7-1060NG7
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1368

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

The practical Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark tests the system's performance under partial load. The processor's maximum power consumption is far from being used up.
AMD Ryzen 3 5400U AMD Ryzen 3 5400U
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
3600
Intel Core i7-6820EQ Intel Core i7-6820EQ
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
3588
Intel Core i7-4750HQ Intel Core i7-4750HQ
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
3587
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
3564
Intel Core i7-6820HK Intel Core i7-6820HK
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
3556
Intel Core i5-7440HQ Intel Core i5-7440HQ
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
3541
Intel Core i5-10210U Intel Core i5-10210U
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
3540

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-1060G7 Intel Core i7-1060G7
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
1078
Intel Core i7-8665UE Intel Core i7-8665UE
4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz
1075
Intel Core i5-1030NG7 Intel Core i5-1030NG7
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
1073
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
1069
Intel Core i5-10210U Intel Core i5-10210U
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
1067
Intel Core i5-1030G7 Intel Core i5-1030G7
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
1066
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4450U
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
1061

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-3840QM Intel Core i7-3840QM
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
3089
AMD Ryzen 7 2800H AMD Ryzen 7 2800H
4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz
3088
AMD Ryzen 5 3500C AMD Ryzen 5 3500C
4C 8T @ 2.50 GHz
3080
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
3079
Intel Core i7-6700HQ Intel Core i7-6700HQ
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz
3079
Intel Core i7-3740QM Intel Core i7-3740QM
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz
3079
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
3053

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U AMD Ryzen 7 3700U
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
367
AMD Ryzen 7 3750H AMD Ryzen 7 3750H
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
367
Intel Core i3-8109U Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
366
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
365
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
360
AMD Ryzen 5 3550H AMD Ryzen 5 3550H
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
360
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
360

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-4750HQ Intel Core i7-4750HQ
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
1369
AMD Ryzen 5 2500U AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
1352
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
1352
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
1299
Intel Core i7-4720HQ Intel Core i7-4720HQ
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz
1279
AMD Ryzen 5 3450U AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
4C 8T @ 3.10 GHz
1246
Intel Core i7-3630QM Intel Core i7-3630QM
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
1230

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i7-8565U Intel Core i7-8565U
Intel UHD Graphics 620 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i7-8665U Intel Core i7-8665U
Intel UHD Graphics 620 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i7-8665UE Intel Core i7-8665UE
Intel UHD Graphics 620 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
Intel UHD Graphics 620 @ 1.15 GHz
442
Intel Core i5-10210U Intel Core i5-10210U
Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake) @ 1.10 GHz
441
AMD RX-416GD AMD RX-416GD
AMD Radeon R6 (Merlin Falcon) @ 0.58 GHz
440
Intel Core i7-4930MX Intel Core i7-4930MX
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.35 GHz
432

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i5-8350U Intel Core i5-8350U
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
6255
Intel Core i5-8365U Intel Core i5-8365U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
6254
Intel Core i7-4860HQ Intel Core i7-4860HQ
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
6236
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
6234
Intel Core i7-8565U Intel Core i7-8565U
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
6205
Intel Core i3-1115G4 Intel Core i3-1115G4
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
6185
Intel Core i7-4850HQ Intel Core i7-4850HQ
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz
6177

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i7-4700MQ Intel Core i7-4700MQ
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
652.7
Intel Core i7-8550U Intel Core i7-8550U
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
671.5
Intel Core i7-4810MQ Intel Core i7-4810MQ
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
683.8
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
700
Intel Core i5-8250U Intel Core i5-8250U
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
705.3
Intel Core i5-6300HQ Intel Core i5-6300HQ
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
720.4
Intel Core i7-4712MQ Intel Core i7-4712MQ
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
722.5

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i7-6820HK Intel Core i7-6820HK
4C 8T @ 2.70 GHz
1802
Intel Core i7-3940XM Intel Core i7-3940XM
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
1790
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Intel Core i7-7700HQ
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
1760
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
1758
Intel Core i7-4910MQ Intel Core i7-4910MQ
4C 8T @ 2.90 GHz
1756
Intel Core i7-4900MQ Intel Core i7-4900MQ
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
1753
Intel Core i5-8265U Intel Core i5-8265U
4C 8T @ 1.60 GHz
1737

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-1060G7 Intel Core i7-1060G7
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
177
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz
176
Intel Core i7-8565U Intel Core i7-8565U
4C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
176
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz
175
Intel Core i7-8705G Intel Core i7-8705G
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
174
Intel Core i7-8706G Intel Core i7-8706G
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
174
Intel Core i7-8709G Intel Core i7-8709G
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
174

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
620
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U AMD Ryzen 5 3580U
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
620
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U
4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz
620
Intel Core i7-8650U Intel Core i7-8650U
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
614
Intel Core i7-8665U Intel Core i7-8665U
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
604
Intel Core i7-4750HQ Intel Core i7-4750HQ
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz
604
Intel Core i7-4712MQ Intel Core i7-4712MQ
4C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
596

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