Intel Core i5-4200H vs Intel Core i7-4558U

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1218 points

1238 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2305 points

2512 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

929 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

906 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

892 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

866 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.37 points

23.78 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1550 points

1634 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

715 points

736 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1927 points

1966 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1002 points

1007 points

0.50% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz

Identical

2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3% slightly higher turbo speed

3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

47 W

28 W

67% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

896th of 1,089

890th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 November

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-4200H vs Core i7-4558U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-4200H is faster than the Core i7-4558U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4558U 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. In terms of clock speed, the Core i5-4200H and Core i7-4558U are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i5-4200H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4558U outputs less heat than Core i5-4200H thanks to a 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 i5-4200H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.