Intel Core i5-3337U vs Intel Core i7-4600U

Core i5-3337U vs Core i7-4600U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4600U is faster than the Core i5-3337U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3337U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4600U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-3337U. Also, the Core i7-4600U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4600U outputs less heat than Core i5-3337U thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-3337U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.