Intel Core i7-10610U vs Intel Core i5-4590

Core i7-10610U vs Core i5-4590 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10610U beats the Core i5-4590 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-4590 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-10610U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4590 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-10610U. Despite this, the Core i7-10610U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10610U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4590 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 i7-10610U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.