Intel Core i3-4000M vs Intel Core i5-2430M

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-2430M

Price

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$ 58.11

$ 3.91 slightly less expensive

$ 62.02

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

915 points

1116 points

21% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1829 points

2161 points

18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

674 points

838 points

24% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

646 points

805 points

24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.93 points

14% slightly higher Blender score

17.39 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1400 points

46% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

955 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

698 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

472 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1447 points

65% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

875 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

720 points

64% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

438 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

Identical

2.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

37 W

35 W

5% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

977th of 1,089

919th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 November

2011 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-4000M vs Core i5-2430M comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-2430M beats the Core i3-4000M in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-4000M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i3-4000M and Core i5-2430M have the same clock speed. The Core i5-2430M outputs less heat than Core i3-4000M thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-4000M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.