Intel Core i5-8250U
Opinion and specs

Specs

Model i5-8250U
Manufacturer Intel
Family Intel® Core™ i5
Socket BGA 1356
System bus rate 4 GT/s
Motherboard chipset Intel SoC
Boost frequency 3,4 GHz
Cores 4
Number of processors supported 1
Threads 8
Frequency 1,6 GHz
Cache 6 MB
Lithography 14 nm
Operating modes 64-bit
Stepping Y0
Bus type OPI
Codename Kaby Lake R
ECC supported by processor No
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 W
Series Intel Core i5-7300 Mobile Series
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes 12
PCI Express slots version 3.0
PCI Express configurations 1x2+2x1,1x4,2x2,4x1
Configurable TDP-down 10 W
Tjunction 100 °C
Configurable TDP-down frequency 0,8 GHz
CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio) 1
Cache type Smart Cache
Configurable TDP-up frequency 1,8 GHz
Configurable TDP-up 25 W
Generation 8th gen Intel® Core™ i5

Opinion

The Intel Core i5-8250U processor has a total power of 9.58% over its competitors.

The average retail price of laptops with this processor is 760£.

In the 800£ range you have more powerful and cheaper alternatives based on their minimum price:

Model Performance No. of laptops
with it
Minimum price Average price Maximum price

Intel Core i7-14700HX

60.91%
12 706.54£ 2592.26£ 6566.27£

AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

57.79%
9 458.91£ 1977.06£ 3728.99£

AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

47.06%
12 749.99£ 1247.03£ 1961.09£

Intel Core i9-13900H

46.35%
35 549.99£ 3200.61£ 8160.41£

Intel Core i7-13700H

43.90%
63 642£ 2218.89£ 6024.87£

Intel Core Ultra 7 155H

41.00%
110 629£ 1859.51£ 5350.59£

Intel Core i7-13620H

40.08%
27 663.2£ 1269.19£ 2223.57£

AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS

38.73%
8 743.98£ 1112.11£ 1877.2£

AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS

38.67%
17 769.99£ 1566.41£ 2852.5£

AMD Ryzen 7 6800H

38.21%
9 789£ 1818.38£ 2352.89£

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850HS

36.59%
1 755£ 755£ 755£

Intel Core i5-13500H

36.55%
16 499.99£ 1077.64£ 1853.27£

Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

35.49%
18 569£ 1142.91£ 2336.24£

Intel Core i5-12500H

34.18%
23 379.99£ 1218.19£ 2726.34£

AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS

32.68%
2 580£ 1133.37£ 1686.74£

Intel Core i7-1360P

30.92%
44 799.99£ 2000.68£ 4278.75£

Intel Core i5-1340P

30.75%
20 578.99£ 1310.17£ 3300.9£

AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

30.24%
24 459.99£ 1246.06£ 1919.89£

AMD Ryzen 7 4800H

30.16%
2 488.1£ 919.05£ 1350£

Intel Core i5-12450HX

30.07%
7 599.99£ 819.02£ 1038.54£

AMD Ryzen 7 5825U

29.94%
7 549.99£ 1074.54£ 1569£

AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS

29.87%
22 499.99£ 1036.65£ 1686.74£

Intel Core i5-13420H

29.54%
32 399.49£ 694.48£ 1693.05£

AMD Ryzen 7 4980U

28.63%
4 469.99£ 1041.56£ 1435.64£

Intel Core 5 120U

28.47%
9 399.99£ 1234.76£ 2972.54£

Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

28.15%
69 690.49£ 1922.77£ 4068.24£

Intel Core i5-1240P

27.77%
32 399.99£ 1365.87£ 3267.43£

Intel Core i7-1260P

27.75%
32 678.97£ 2195.79£ 5426.16£

AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

27.63%
7 595£ 1075.09£ 1335.01£

Intel Core Ultra 7 155U

27.41%
60 699£ 2216.52£ 5294.66£

Intel Core i5-12450H

27.35%
29 359.99£ 855.53£ 2436.17£

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

27.17%
1 498.99£ 498.99£ 498.99£

AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

25.86%
12 599.75£ 1113.86£ 1990£

AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

25.83%
43 396.36£ 1083.22£ 2050.17£

Intel Core i5-11400H

25.41%
8 620£ 1491.24£ 4032.25£

Intel Core 7 150U

25.40%
4 723.51£ 1052.15£ 1499£

AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

25.21%
2 392.49£ 859.16£ 1325.83£

AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

25.07%
4 319.99£ 875.04£ 1096£

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U

24.69%
3 589.99£ 1359.79£ 2567.56£

AMD Ryzen 5 5625U

24.36%
18 399.95£ 669.2£ 1064.5£

Intel Core i5-1345U

24.20%
19 749£ 1441.57£ 2823.96£

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U

24.16%
18 399.99£ 1235.21£ 2011.3£

Intel Core i7-1355U

23.99%
83 549£ 1640.9£ 4268.09£

Intel Core i3-1220P

23.81%
1 609.39£ 609.39£ 609.39£

Intel Core 3 100U

23.80%
2 429.99£ 539.49£ 648.99£

Intel Core i5-1335U

23.77%
121 399£ 1275.94£ 3518.67£

Intel Core i7-1255U

22.10%
65 499£ 1319.1£ 4095.72£

Intel Core i5-1245U

21.82%
30 526.54£ 1902.07£ 3202.51£

AMD Ryzen 7 4700U

21.81%
6 599.99£ 1174.78£ 1666.3£

Intel Core i5-1235U

21.56%
123 277.14£ 981.05£ 3012.3£

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

21.24%
29 270£ 814.53£ 1753.41£

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U

20.54%
9 387£ 1019.41£ 1950.73£

AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS

19.93%
1 799£ 799£ 799£

Intel Core i3-1315U

19.40%
13 299£ 528.04£ 829.88£

AMD Ryzen 5 5500H

18.89%
1 657.42£ 657.42£ 657.42£

AMD Ryzen 3 5425U

18.36%
1 375£ 375£ 375£

Intel Core i5-11320H

17.95%
1 721.05£ 721.05£ 721.05£

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

17.80%
3 583.86£ 918.66£ 1286.1£

Intel Core i7-9750H

17.63%
6 799£ 2186.19£ 4500£

Intel Core i3-1215U

17.59%
37 299£ 700.61£ 3224.23£

Intel Core i7-1195G7

17.50%
7 786.94£ 2116.32£ 3700£

Intel Core i7-1185G7

16.86%
26 599.99£ 1473.95£ 4568.38£

Intel Core i7-1165G7

16.52%
56 479£ 1319.28£ 2658.11£

Intel Core i5-1155G7

16.32%
9 399£ 949.53£ 1961.31£

Intel Core i3-N305

16.27%
20 259.99£ 420.04£ 639.18£

Intel Core i5-1145G7

15.93%
17 576.99£ 1521.18£ 4016.76£

AMD Ryzen 3 5300U

15.86%
7 229£ 570.03£ 1069£

Intel Core i5-1135G7

15.84%
142 257.92£ 1012.39£ 4427.89£

Intel Pentium Gold 8505

15.21%
3 390£ 448.57£ 556.72£

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

15.04%
30 299.99£ 517.94£ 1053.9£

AMD Ryzen 3 7320U

14.33%
17 249.99£ 407.03£ 787.76£

Intel Core i3-1305U

14.14%
1 379£ 379£ 379£

Intel U U300

13.62%
2 239.99£ 263.99£ 287.99£

AMD Ryzen 3 7320C

13.55%
1 635.14£ 635.14£ 635.14£

Intel Core i7-1065G7

13.51%
12 479£ 934.85£ 1749£

Intel Core i5-1035G4

12.87%
5 599.09£ 1002.46£ 1566£

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

12.17%
4 399£ 697.53£ 1089.49£

Intel Core i5-1035G1

11.95%
20 399.99£ 679.17£ 2110.89£

AMD Ryzen 7 3700U

11.67%
6 599.99£ 988.69£ 1218.07£

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

11.52%
13 396.5£ 615.32£ 1276.33£

AMD Ryzen 5 3450u

10.94%
1 525.04£ 525.04£ 525.04£

Intel Core i7-10510U

10.71%
17 799£ 1805.64£ 3573.33£

Intel Core i5-10210U

10.12%
39 397.7£ 1033.06£ 2273.18£

Intel Core i3-1115G4

9.82%
24 278.65£ 552.96£ 1079£

Intel Core i5-8265U

9.67%
9 799£ 1076.14£ 1384£

Laptops with Intel Core i5-8250U:

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