Intel Core i7-4600U vs Intel Core i7-5500U

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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Intel Core i7-5500U

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$ 3244.00

$ 2028.00

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1087 points

1149 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2192 points

2264 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

800 points

853 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

767 points

817 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

16.74 points

17.15 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1589 points

1720 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

847 points

872 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1627 points

1695 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

880 points

881 points

0.11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

2.4 GHz

14% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

Identical

15 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB

Identical

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

926th of 1,089

912th 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

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-4600U vs Core i7-5500U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5500U is faster than the Core i7-4600U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4600U 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 i7-5500U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4600U. Despite this, the Core i7-4600U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i7-4600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.