Intel Core i5-4310U vs Intel Core i7-5500U

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs Intel 5th 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

1109 points

1149 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2153 points

2264 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

833 points

853 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

800 points

817 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

17.18 points

0.20% slightly higher Blender score

17.15 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1440 points

1720 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

765 points

872 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1574 points

1695 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

809 points

881 points

8% 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 GHz

2.4 GHz

20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3 GHz

Identical

3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

Identical

15 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB

Identical

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

921st of 1,089

912th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

5th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 February

2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-4310U vs Core i7-5500U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5500U is faster than the Core i5-4310U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4310U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-5500U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4310U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. 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 i5-4310U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.