Intel Core i3-4005U vs Intel Core i5 M 430

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 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

670 points
737 points
10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1278 points
1440 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

506 points
552 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

487 points
531 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.7 GHz
2.27 GHz
33% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,040th of 1,089
1,022nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i3-4005U vs Core i5 M 430 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5 M 430 performs better than the Core i3-4005U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4005U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and 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 Core i3-4005U.

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. Indeed, the Core i3-4005U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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