Intel Core i5-5300U vs Intel Core i7-4558U

Core i5-5300U vs Core i7-4558U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4558U beats the Core i5-5300U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-5300U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4558U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-5300U. Also, the Core i7-4558U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-5300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4558U CPU because of its 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. Indeed, the Core i5-5300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.