Intel Core i7-2630QM vs Intel Core i7-4558U

Core i7-2630QM vs Core i7-4558U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-2630QM performs better than the Core i7-4558U. Despite this, the Core i7-4558U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-2630QM has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4558U. Indeed, the Core i7-2630QM has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-4558U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4558U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4558U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2630QM. Also, the Core i7-4558U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4558U outputs less heat than Core i7-2630QM thanks to a 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 i7-2630QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.