Intel Core i5-3550 vs Intel Core i7-4700HQ

Core i5-3550 vs Core i7-4700HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4700HQ beats the Core i5-3550 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-3550 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-4700HQ has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-3550 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4700HQ. Also, the Core i5-3550 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4700HQ outputs less heat than Core i5-3550 thanks to a significantly 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. For instance, the Core i5-3550 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.