Intel Core i5-8259U vs Intel Core i5-4670K

Core i5-8259U vs Core i5-4670K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4670K 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.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-8259U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4670K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8259U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i5-8259U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4670K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches and L3 cache.

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 i5-8259U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.