Core i7-4558U vs Core i7-960 specs and performance
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-960 performs better than the Core i7-4558U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4558U in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-960 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4558U. Indeed, the Core i7-960 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-4558U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4558U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-960 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4558U. Also, the Core i7-960 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4558U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-960 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.
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