Intel Core i5-10500T vs Intel Core i7-4790

Core i5-10500T vs Core i7-4790 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-10500T is faster than the Core i7-4790. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-10500T has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-4790 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4790. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10500T. Also, the Core i7-4790 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10500T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790 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 i5-10500T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.