Intel Core i5-8500T vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Core i5-8500T vs Core i7-4790K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8500T beats the Core i7-4790K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4790K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-8500T has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-4790K that has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-4790K has more threads than the Core i5-8500T. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4790K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8500T. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8500T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790K 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. For instance, the Core i5-8500T has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.