AMD A6-7310 vs Intel Core i5 M 430

Compare AMD A6-Series APU for Laptops 4 core CPU vs Intel 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

745 points
1% slightly better overall score
737 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1404 points
1440 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

564 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
552 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

541 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
531 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
2.27 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
700% significantly more L2 cache
0.25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,019th of 1,089
1,022nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

A6-Series APU for Laptops
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3L
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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A6-7310 vs Core i5 M 430 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A6-7310 performs better than the Core i5 M 430. Despite this, the Core i5 M 430 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the A6-7310 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5 M 430 that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5 M 430 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the A6-7310. The info from our database shows that the A6-7310 has more L2 cache than the Core i5 M 430

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the A6-7310 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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