Intel Core i5-8259U vs Intel Core i7-4700MQ

Core i5-8259U vs Core i7-4700MQ comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4700MQ performs better than the Core i5-8259U. Despite this, the Core i5-8259U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4700MQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to 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 i7-4700MQ 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 i5-8259U has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4700MQ. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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.