Intel Core i5-8250U vs Intel Core i7-4720HQ

Core i5-8250U vs Core i7-4720HQ specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8250U is faster than the Core i7-4720HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4720HQ 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4720HQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8250U. Also, the Core i7-4720HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4720HQ CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

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.