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Intel Core i5 8365U vs i3 1115G4

29 out of 100
Intel Core i5 8365U
VS
34 out of 100
Intel Core i3 1115G4
Intel Core i5 8365U
Intel Core i3 1115G4

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5 8365U with 4-cores against the 1.7-3.0 GHz i3 1115G4 with 2-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 1115G4 and 8365U
Advantages of Intel Core i5 8365U
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1115G4
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 integrated graphics: 1 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0
  • 31% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1822 vs 1391 points
  • Newer - released 1 year and 5 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 8365U
vs
Core i3 1115G4

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i5 8365U
1391
Core i3 1115G4 +31%
1822
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 383.8 MB/sec 384.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 24.9 Klines/sec 19.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 105.5 pages/sec 73 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 120.2 Mpixels/sec 99.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 82.3 pages/sec 99.4 pages/sec
Background blur 15.4 images/sec 15.9 images/sec
Photo processing 34.4 images/sec 40 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.52 Mpixels/sec 3.68 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 862 & 553 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 8365U
2056
Core i3 1115G4 +23%
2537
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 21.9 GOps/sec 17.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 13 GOps/sec 10.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 19M Primes/sec 25M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 10.2M Strings/sec 7.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 2 GBytes/sec 3.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 75.8 MBytes/sec 61.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 420 Frames/sec 399 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 5.1B Matrices/sec 4.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 3514 & 5667 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 8365U +39%
41.36
Core i3 1115G4
29.73

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.5 PPW 6.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 236.2 PPW 120.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 396.7 PPW 207.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.76 PPW 1.06 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 8365U
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-07 (houssam barbarossa)Cinebench 202458 / 218
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Intel Core i3 1115G4
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 8365U and i3 1115G4

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released April 16, 2019 September 2, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Whiskey Lake Tiger Lake
Model number i5-8365U i3-1115G4
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 620 UHD Graphics Xe G4
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 3 5300U
Successor - - Intel Core 3 100U

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.6 GHz 1.7-3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.1 GHz 4.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 2
Total Threads 8 4
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 16x 17-30x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s 4 GT/s
L1 Cache 32K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 15 W 12-28 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1528 BGA-1449
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 620 Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1100 MHz 1250 MHz
Shading Units 192 384
TMUs 24 24
ROPs 3 12
Execution Units 24 48
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 8365U
0.4 TFLOPS
Core i3 1115G4 +150%
1 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) compared to Graphics 620

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2400
- LPDDR3-2133		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4X-3733
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 37.5 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 8365U official page Intel Core i3 1115G4 official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 16

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Total votes: 45

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Comments

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