Comparing Intel Core i3-8121U vs Intel Core i3-8121U

description_compare Intel Core i3-8121U and Intel Core i7-8565U

• Name
  Intel Core i3-8121U Intel Core i7-8565U
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Core i7
• Generation
  8 8
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 8000U Intel Core i 8000U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• Frequency
  2.20 GHz 1.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.20 GHz 4.60 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel UHD Graphics 620
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.15 GHz
• Execution units
  24
• Shader
  192
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  9.5
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2016

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

• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16 16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 15 W

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cannon Lake U Whiskey Lake U
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1356 BGA 1356
• Release date
  Q2/2018 Q3/2018

• Used in
  Unknown Acer Aspire 5Acer Spin 3Acer Swift 3Acer Swift 5Asus VivoBook 14Dell Inspiron 13Dell Inspiron 14Dell Inspiron 15Dell Inspiron 17Dell XPS 13HP 15HP Envy 13HP Envy x360