Intel Core i7-4558U vs Intel Core i7-12650H

Core i7-4558U vs Core i7-12650H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12650H beats the Core i7-4558U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4558U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12650H has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-4558U has 2 cores. 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 i7-12650H. Despite this, the Core i7-12650H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4558U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12650H 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 i7-4558U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.