Intel Core i3-4010U 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

709 points

737 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1422 points

1440 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

524 points

552 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

503 points

531 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

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

1,026th of 1,089

1,022nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-4010U vs Core i5 M 430 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-4010U beats the Core i5 M 430 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5 M 430 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5 M 430 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-4010U.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-4010U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.