Intel Core i5-8250U vs Intel Core i5-4460S

Core i5-8250U vs Core i5-4460S benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8250U is faster than the Core i5-4460S. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4460S in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-8250U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4460S has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8250U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i5-8250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4460S CPU because of its significantly 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. Indeed, the Core i5-8250U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.