Intel Core i5-4310M vs Intel Core i7-4558U

Core i5-4310M vs Core i7-4558U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-4310M 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count 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 i5-4310M. Despite this, the Core i5-4310M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4558U outputs less heat than Core i5-4310M thanks to a slightly 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 i5-4310M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.