Intel Core i5-8279U vs Intel Core i7-4700HQ

Core i5-8279U vs Core i7-4700HQ comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-8279U performs better than the Core i7-4700HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4700HQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Both the Core i5-8279U and Core i7-4700HQ have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8279U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4700HQ 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.