Intel Core i5-8279U vs Intel Core i7-4850HQ

Core i5-8279U vs Core i7-4850HQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8279U beats the Core i7-4850HQ in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-4850HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4850HQ. Also, the Core i5-8279U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8279U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4850HQ 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.