Intel Core i5-4330M vs Intel Core i7-5600U

Core i5-4330M vs Core i7-5600U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-4330M performs better than the Core i7-5600U. Despite this, the Core i7-5600U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4330M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5600U. Also, the Core i5-4330M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-5600U outputs less heat than Core i5-4330M 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 i5-4330M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.