Intel Core i5-4570T vs Intel Core i7-4558U

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

1353 points
9% slightly better overall score
1238 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2692 points
7% slightly better gaming score
2512 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1004 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
906 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

964 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
866 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

30.50 points
28% slightly higher Blender score
23.78 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1888 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1634 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

984 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
736 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2010 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1966 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1040 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1007 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.90 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed
3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
28 W
25% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
33% slightly more pcie lanes
12

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

854th of 1,089
890th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-4570T vs Core i7-4558U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-4570T performs better 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 i5-4570T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4558U. Also, the Core i5-4570T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4558U outputs less heat than Core i5-4570T 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 i5-4570T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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