Intel Core i5-8250U vs Intel Core i7-4910MQ

Core i5-8250U vs Core i7-4910MQ specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-8250U performs better than the Core i7-4910MQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4910MQ 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 i7-4910MQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8250U. Also, the Core i7-4910MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4910MQ CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-8250U has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4910MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4910MQ has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-8250U.

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.