Intel Core i5-8259U vs Intel Core i5-4570

Core i5-8259U vs Core i5-4570 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4570 beats the Core i5-8259U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8259U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-8259U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4570 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8259U. Despite this, the Core i5-8259U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8259U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4570 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 i5-8259U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.