Intel Core i5-8279U vs Intel Core i7-4930MX

Core i5-8279U vs Core i7-4930MX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4930MX performs better than the Core i5-8279U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8279U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4930MX 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 i7-4930MX CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-8279U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.