Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Core i5-4570S

Core i9-8950HK vs Core i5-4570S comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-8950HK beats the Core i5-4570S in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-4570S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores than the Core i5-4570S. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-4570S. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4570S. Both the Core i9-8950HK and Core i5-4570S have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-8950HK CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4570S CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.