Intel Core i7-8550U vs Intel Core i5-4460T

Core i7-8550U vs Core i5-4460T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8550U beats the Core i5-4460T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4460T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-8550U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4460T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8550U. Despite this, the Core i7-8550U has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8550U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4460T 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 i7-8550U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.