Intel Core i7-4558U vs AMD Athlon X4 750K

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs AMD 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1238 points

1297 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2512 points

1% slightly better gaming score

2477 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

906 points

978 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

866 points

940 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.78 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

19.51 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1634 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1364 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

736 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

498 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1966 points

91% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1029 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1007 points

127% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

443 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz

3.4 GHz

21% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

890th of 1,089

871st of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-4558U vs Athlon X4 750K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Athlon X4 750K beats the Core i7-4558U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-4558U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Athlon X4 750K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4558U.

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 i7-4558U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.