Intel Core i3-8145U vs Intel Core i7-4558U

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1258 points
1% slightly better overall score
1238 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2455 points
2512 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

936 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
906 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

895 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
866 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.95 points
0.72% slightly higher Blender score
23.78 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1575 points
1634 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

794 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
736 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
2.8 GHz
33% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
18% slightly higher turbo speed
3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
86% significantly lower TDP
28 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
33% slightly more pcie lanes
12

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

880th of 1,089
890th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i3
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 August
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i3-8145U vs Core i7-4558U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-8145U is faster than the Core i7-4558U. Despite this, the Core i7-4558U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4558U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-8145U. Despite this, the Core i3-8145U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-8145U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4558U CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-8145U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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