Intel Core i5-8279U vs Intel Core i5-4670

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2436 points
4% slightly better overall score
2325 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3645 points
4272 points
17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2073 points
16% slightly better multitasking score
1777 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2006 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score
1705 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

58.56 points
25% slightly higher Blender score
46.61 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3618 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3099 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1130 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3733 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3282 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1205 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1186 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.4 GHz
41% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
200% significantly lower TDP
84 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

640th of 1,089
655th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-8279U vs Core i5-4670 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8279U is faster than the Core i5-4670. Despite this, the Core i5-4670 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4670 has a slightly higher clock speed than 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 i5-4670 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-8279U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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