Intel Core i5-4590 vs Intel Core i7-4800MQ

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-4800MQ

Price

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$ 100.73

$ 49.22 significantly less expensive

$ 149.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2241 points

2395 points

6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4060 points

1% slightly better gaming score

3995 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1725 points

1928 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1656 points

1851 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

44.58 points

48.93 points

9% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3116 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2555 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1106 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

914 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3165 points

3174 points

0.28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1144 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1063 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

22% slightly higher clock speed

2.70 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

Identical

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W

47 W

78% significantly lower TDP

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

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

674th of 1,089

644th 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

2014 May

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-4590 vs Core i7-4800MQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4800MQ 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-4800MQ has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4590 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4800MQ. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i7-4800MQ outputs less heat than Core i5-4590 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-4590 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.