Intel Core i5-5200U vs Intel Core i7-4600U

Compare Intel 5th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-4600U

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$ 1486.00

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$ 3244.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1041 points

1087 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2025 points

2192 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

779 points

800 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

748 points

767 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.12 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

16.74 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1480 points

1589 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

763 points

847 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1512 points

1627 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

785 points

880 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.20 GHz

4% slightly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.7 GHz

3.3 GHz

22% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

Identical

15 W

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

16 GiB

Identical

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

937th of 1,089

926th of 1,089

Family

The product line

5th Generation Core i5

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-5200U vs Core i7-4600U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-5200U beats the Core i7-4600U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-4600U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-5200U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4600U. Despite this, the Core i7-4600U 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.

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. Indeed, the Core i5-5200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.