Intel Core i5-8279U vs Intel Core i5-4590

Core i5-8279U vs Core i5-4590 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8279U is faster than the Core i5-4590. Despite this, the Core i5-4590 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-8279U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4590 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8279U. Despite this, the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8279U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4590 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 i5-8279U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.