Intel Core i5-8250U vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Core i5-8250U vs Core i7-4790K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4790K performs better than the Core i5-8250U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8250U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4790K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8250U. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790K 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 i5-8250U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.