Intel Core i5-5200U vs Intel Core i7-4500U

Core i5-5200U vs Core i7-4500U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4500U is faster than the Core i5-5200U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-5200U 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 i5-5200U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4500U. Despite this, the Core i7-4500U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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. Indeed, the Core i5-5200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.