Intel Core i7-4500U vs Intel Core i7-4610M

Core i7-4500U vs Core i7-4610M specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4500U beats the Core i7-4610M in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-4610M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4610M has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4500U. Also, the Core i7-4610M has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4610M 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 i7-4500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.