Intel Core i7-10810U vs Intel Core i5-4590

Core i7-10810U vs Core i5-4590 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10810U beats the Core i5-4590 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4590 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-10810U has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-4590 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4590. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4590 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10810U. Despite this, the Core i7-10810U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10810U 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.

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 i7-10810U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.