Intel Core i5-4210U vs Intel Core i7-4600U

Core i5-4210U vs Core i7-4600U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4600U beats the Core i5-4210U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4210U 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 i5-4210U. Also, the Core i7-4600U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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. Indeed, the Core i5-4210U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.