Although the Intel Core i5-8250U is barely available on the market, it seems to strike quite a lot of attention and performance seems quite promising. We compared the chip to its direct predecessor the Core i5-7200U and as you can imagine the comparison turned out like expected – the quad-core design really helps performance.

The other day we also mentioned that the Core i5-8250U has surpassed even the Core i5-7300HQ in our Top Laptop CPU Ranking. This is why we want to make a detailed comparison between the two chips. It seems like a rather unfair battle – a high-performance chip vs an ultra-low voltage one – but leave a place for surprises

For the purpose of this comparison, we are using the recently released 15-inch version of the Acer Swift 3 and the excellent budget gaming option the Lenovo Legion Y520. You can check their full specs and prices in our Laptops Specssystem:
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