Intel Core i5-3230M vs Intel Core i7-4558U

Core i5-3230M vs Core i7-4558U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4558U is faster than the Core i5-3230M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3230M in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4558U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3230M. Also, the Core i7-4558U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4558U outputs less heat than Core i5-3230M thanks to a slightly 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 i5-3230M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.