Intel Core i5-4690 vs Intel Core i7-9850HL

Core i5-4690 vs Core i7-9850HL specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-4690 is faster than the Core i7-9850HL. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9850HL in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-9850HL has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-4690 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4690. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4690 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9850HL. Despite this, the Core i7-9850HL has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-9850HL outputs less heat than Core i5-4690 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. For instance, the Core i5-4690 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.