Intel Core i5-4590 vs Intel Core i7-4770S

Core i5-4590 vs Core i7-4770S comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4770S beats the Core i5-4590 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4590 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4770S has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4590 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4770S. Despite this, the Core i7-4770S has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4770S outputs less heat than Core i5-4590 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. For instance, the Core i5-4590 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.