Intel Core i7-4500U vs Intel Core i7-860

Core i7-4500U vs Core i7-860 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-860 beats the Core i7-4500U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-4500U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-860 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4500U. Indeed, the Core i7-860 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-4500U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4500U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-860 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4500U. Also, the Core i7-860 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-860 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-4500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.