Intel Core i7-4558U vs Intel Core i7-5600U

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs Intel 5th Generation Core i7 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
17% slightly better overall score
1056 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2512 points
19% slightly better gaming score
2095 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

906 points
15% slightly better multitasking score
783 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

866 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score
750 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.78 points
26.29 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1634 points
1705 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

736 points
875 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1966 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1765 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1007 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
926 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
7% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed
3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
15 W
86% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

12
Identical
12

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB
Identical
16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

890th of 1,089
933rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
5th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August
2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-4558U vs Core i7-5600U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5600U is faster than the Core i7-4558U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4558U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4558U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5600U. Also, the Core i7-4558U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-5600U outputs less heat than Core i7-4558U thanks to a 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 i7-4558U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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