[SOLVED] I5 4590 vs i7 6700hq

[i76700hquser]

So im upgrading from my laptop with a i7 6700hq to a desktop with a i5 4590, but i noticed that the laptop's i7 has 4 cores and 8 threads, the i5 has 4 cores and 4 threads. Does that mean that the i7 is more powerful?

Thanks.

 

[GrandSACHI]

You would probably see an overall improvement with that i5 over that i7, but there might be instances with applications using heavily multi-threading where the i5 will perform "less" than your laptop i7.