Intel Core i5-8365U vs Intel Core i5-4460S

Core i5-8365U vs Core i5-4460S comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8365U beats the Core i5-4460S in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-4460S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-8365U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4460S has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8365U. Despite this, the Core i5-8365U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8365U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4460S 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 i5-8365U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.