Intel Core i5-3550 vs Intel Core i7-4900MQ

Core i5-3550 vs Core i7-4900MQ benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-3550 is faster than the Core i7-4900MQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4900MQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4900MQ has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-3550 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4900MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4900MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4900MQ 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.

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. For instance, the Core i5-3550 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.