Intel Core i5-8259U vs Intel Core i7-4900MQ

Core i5-8259U vs Core i7-4900MQ specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8259U beats the Core i7-4900MQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4900MQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4900MQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8259U. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i5-8259U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4900MQ CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-4900MQ also has slightly more 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.