Intel Core i7-7500U vs Intel Core i7-4558U

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th 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

1350 points
9% slightly better overall score
1238 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2679 points
6% slightly better gaming score
2512 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1002 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
906 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

962 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
866 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.43 points
23.78 points
1% slightly higher Blender score

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

2.7 GHz
2.8 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
86% significantly lower TDP
28 W

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

32 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

857th of 1,089
890th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 August
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-7500U vs Core i7-4558U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-7500U 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4558U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7500U. Despite this, the Core i7-7500U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4558U CPU because of its 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 i7-7500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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