Intel Core i3-8130U vs Intel Core i5-4570

Core i3-8130U vs Core i5-4570 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4570 beats the Core i3-8130U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8130U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-4570 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-8130U has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4570 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-8130U. Also, the Core i5-4570 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-8130U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4570 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-8130U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.