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Intel Core i7-8650U
A 15W Kaby Lake Refresh chip that doubled Intel's U-series mobile core count in one generation, moving from two cores to four while holding the same power envelope. It also added Intel vPro support for business laptops needing remote management.
Pros
- Doubles core count over the previous-generation dual-core U-series i7 at the same 15W TDP
- Boosts up to 4.2GHz single-core
- Intel vPro Platform support for enterprise manageability and security features
- 8MB L3 cache and DDR4-2400 memory support
- Adopted in business laptops such as the Dell Latitude 7390 and HP EliteBook x360
Cons
- 1.9GHz base clock throttles quickly in thin chassis without sustained cooling
- UHD Graphics 620 iGPU is basic, with no dedicated graphics option
- 14nm process trails the efficiency of later nodes
- Superseded within about a year by the Whiskey Lake i7-8565U
Awaiting benchmarks
No Inno Score yet: single-core still needs a published benchmark result.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core i7-8650U
General
- Announced
- 2017
- Process
- 14 nm
- Base TDP
- 15 W
- Max TDP
- 25 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 4
- Performance cores
- 4
- Efficiency cores
- 0
- Threads
- 8
- Base clock
- 1.9 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.2 GHz
- L3 cache
- 8 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel UHD Graphics 620
- iGPU clock
- 1,150 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- DDR4-2400 / LPDDR3-2133
- Max memory
- 32 GB
Benchmarks
- PassMark
- 6,170Bottom 11%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)
- 389Bottom 8%
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core i7-8650U good in 2026?
We haven't scored the Intel Core i7-8650U yet: there are no published single-core benchmark results for it in our database, and we don't score chips on their spec sheet alone. A 15W Kaby Lake Refresh chip that doubled Intel's U-series mobile core count in one generation, moving from two cores to four while holding the same power envelope. It also added Intel vPro support for business laptops needing remote management.
Does the Intel Core i7-8650U count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 6,170 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26, 2026), which puts it in Tier D of our CPU tier checker: legacy Core i7 and budget chips, slower than recent Core i5 chips such as the i5-1235U. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the Intel Core i7-8650U?
Cores: 4 · Threads: 8 · Boost clock: 4.2 GHz · Base TDP: 15 W
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core i7-8650U?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Core i7-8550U, Intel Core i7-1065G7, Intel Core i7-10510U — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
