Intel Core i3-8145UE vs Intel Core i5-8257U. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 8000U Intel Core i 8000U
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Core i5
• Generation
  8 8
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.2 GHz 1.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.9 GHz 3.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.2 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  24 48
• Generation
  9.5 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 620 Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645
• GPU Turbo
  1000 MHz 1050 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2016 Q4/2017
• Shader
  192 384
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-8257U and Intel Core i3-8145UE. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-2133 DDR4-2400 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-2133
• PCIe lanes
  16 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-8145UE and Intel Core i5-8257U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP down
  12.5 W -
• TDP up
  25 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-8145UE and Intel Core i5-8257U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Whiskey Lake U Coffee Lake U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2019 Q3/2019
• Socket
  BGA 1528 BGA 1528
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d