Intel Core 8th Generation · Kaby Lake R
A genuine architectural shift for the U-series tier — the 8250U was among the first mainstream i5 U-series chips to move from two cores to four, doubling to eight threads with Hyper-Threading, still within a 15W envelope.
Clock speeds actually dropped somewhat at the base (1.6GHz) to accommodate the extra cores, but the 3.4GHz boost and doubled thread count made it a substantial multitasking upgrade over its dual-core predecessors.
Up to 3.4 GHz boost clock.
Supported memory generations. Soldered (LPDDR) or upgradeable depends on the laptop.
Run real-world performance tests on your own device and see exactly how this processor stacks up.