Intel Core i5-8250U vs Intel Core i7-4500U

Intel Core i5-8250U
Intel BGA1356MOBILE
1600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2017
Intel Core i5-8250U
Intel Core i7-4500U
Intel BGA1168MOBILE
1800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2013
Intel Core i7-4500U

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    163%
  • Intel Core i7-4500U
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    125%
  • Intel Core i7-4500U
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    201%
  • Intel Core i7-4500U
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-8250U

Much higher single threaded performance (around 25% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 101% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 63% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4500U

None

Intel Core i5-8250U

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-8250U

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-8250U

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-8250U

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-8250UIntel Core i7-4500U
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
Hyper-Threading

Architecture

Intel Core i5-8250UIntel Core i7-4500U
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsIntel_Haswell
MarketMobilevsMobile
Memory SupportDDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133vsDDR3
CodenameKaby LakevsHaswell
Release DateSep 2017vsJun 2013

Cores

Intel Core i5-8250UIntel Core i7-4500U
Cores4vs2
Threads8vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel UHD 620vsIntel HD 4400

Cache

Intel Core i5-8250UIntel Core i7-4500U
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6144 KB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-8250UIntel Core i7-4500U
SocketIntel BGA1356vsIntel BGA1168
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
Package FC-BGA1356vsFC-BGA1168
Die Sizeunknownvs118mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-8250UIntel Core i7-4500U
Cpu Frequency1600 MHzvs1800 MHz
Turbo Clock3400 MHzvs3000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP15 Wvs15 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    4080 points
  • Intel Core i7-4500U
    3360 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    9216 points
  • Intel Core i7-4500U
    4838 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    146
  • Intel Core i7-4500U
    116

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    523
  • Intel Core i7-4500U
    260

points - higher is better