AMD A8-6410 vs Intel Core i5 M 430

Compare AMD A8-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

676 points
737 points
9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1314 points
1440 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

498 points
552 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

477 points
531 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score

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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

1,039th of 1,089
1,022nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-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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A8-6410 vs Core i5 M 430 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5 M 430 beats the A8-6410 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-6410 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the A8-6410 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5 M 430 has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5 M 430 has a slightly higher clock speed than the A8-6410. In terms of cache, the A8-6410 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to 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 A8-6410 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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