Intel Core i5-8250U vs Intel Core i7-4710HQ

Core i5-8250U vs Core i7-4710HQ benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4710HQ is faster than the Core i5-8250U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8250U 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4710HQ has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8250U. Also, the Core i7-4710HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4710HQ CPU because of its 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. Indeed, the Core i5-8250U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.