Intel Core i5-4300M vs Intel Core i7-4558U

Core i5-4300M vs Core i7-4558U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4300M beats the Core i7-4558U in overall performance. 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4558U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4300M. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i7-4558U outputs less heat than Core i5-4300M thanks to a slightly 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. Indeed, the Core i5-4300M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.