Core i5-3339Y vs Core i7-4500U

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Aggregate performance score

Core i7-4500U
2013
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.61
+56.3%

Core i7-4500U outperforms Core i5-3339Y by an impressive 56% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-4500U and Core i5-3339Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking20032352
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7Intel Core i5
Architecture codenameHaswell-ULT (2013)Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)
Release date4 June 2013 (11 years ago)8 January 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$250
Current price$626 $581 (2.3x MSRP)

Detailed specifications

Core i7-4500U and Core i5-3339Y basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.8 GHz1.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz2 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm22 nm
Die size118 mm2160 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data67 °C
Number of transistors1,300 million1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-4500U and Core i5-3339Y compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCBGA1168FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt13 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-4500U and Core i5-3339Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Intel® AVX
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0+
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX-no data
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data+
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect+no data
FDI++
Fast Memory Accessno data+
AMT9.5no data
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued
HD Audio+no data
RST+no data

Security technologies

Core i7-4500U and Core i5-3339Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++
Secure Key++
Identity Protection++
Anti-Theft++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-4500U and Core i5-3339Y are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-d-+
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-4500U and Core i5-3339Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size16 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s25.6 GB/s
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 4400Intel HD Graphics 4000
Max video memory2 GBno data
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHz850 MHz
InTru 3D++

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-4500U and Core i5-3339Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
VGA+no data
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-4500U and Core i5-3339Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.43200x2000@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort3200x2000@60Hzno data
Max resolution over VGAN/Ano data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-4500U and Core i5-3339Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2/12no data
OpenGL4.3no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-4500U and Core i5-3339Y.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes12no data
PCI support-no data
USB revision3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports4no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports4no data
Integrated IDE-no data
Number of USB ports4no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i7-4500U 1.61
+56.3%
i5-3339Y 1.03

Core i7-4500U outperforms Core i5-3339Y by 56% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i7-4500U 2487
+56.5%
i5-3339Y 1589

Core i7-4500U outperforms Core i5-3339Y by 57% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i7-4500U 779
+123%
i5-3339Y 349

Core i7-4500U outperforms Core i5-3339Y by 123% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i7-4500U 1484
+91.2%
i5-3339Y 776

Core i7-4500U outperforms Core i5-3339Y by 91% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

i7-4500U 4343
+62.3%
i5-3339Y 2676

Core i7-4500U outperforms Core i5-3339Y by 62% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i7-4500U 8700
+57.7%
i5-3339Y 5516

Core i7-4500U outperforms Core i5-3339Y by 58% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i7-4500U 3494
+43.2%
i5-3339Y 2440

Core i7-4500U outperforms Core i5-3339Y by 43% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

i7-4500U 19.61
+52%
i5-3339Y 29.8

Core i5-3339Y outperforms Core i7-4500U by 52% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

i7-4500U 3
+51.9%
i5-3339Y 2

Core i7-4500U outperforms Core i5-3339Y by 52% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i7-4500U 260
+59.5%
i5-3339Y 163

Core i7-4500U outperforms Core i5-3339Y by 60% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i7-4500U 116
+63.4%
i5-3339Y 71

Core i7-4500U outperforms Core i5-3339Y by 63% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

i7-4500U 1.31
+56%
i5-3339Y 0.84

Core i7-4500U outperforms Core i5-3339Y by 56% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-4500U 1.6
+88.2%
i5-3339Y 0.9

Core i7-4500U outperforms Core i5-3339Y by 88% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-4500U 2474
i5-3339Y 2890
+16.8%

Core i5-3339Y outperforms Core i7-4500U by 17% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-4500U 16
+362%
i5-3339Y 4

Core i7-4500U outperforms Core i5-3339Y by 362% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-4500U 91
+370%
i5-3339Y 19

Core i7-4500U outperforms Core i5-3339Y by 370% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.61 1.03
Integrated graphics card 1.35 1.18
Recency 4 June 2013 8 January 2013
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 13 Watt

The Core i7-4500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i5-3339Y in performance tests.


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