Intel Core i5-4670K vs Intel Core i5-3550

Core i5-4670K vs Core i5-3550 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4670K beats the Core i5-3550 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3550 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4670K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3550. Also, the Core i5-4670K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-3550 outputs less heat than Core i5-4670K 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. For instance, the Core i5-4670K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.