Intel Core i3-4130 vs Intel Core i5-4210M

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 41.60
$ 46.44 significantly less expensive
$ 88.04

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1405 points
12% slightly better overall score
1250 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2793 points
10% slightly better gaming score
2527 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1043 points
13% slightly better multitasking score
920 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1001 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
882 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.00 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
21.96 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1809 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1750 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

925 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
886 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1998 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1765 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1018 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
907 points

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

3.4 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed
2.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

54 W
37 W
45% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

836th of 1,089
883rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August
2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i3-4130 vs Core i5-4210M specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-4130 beats the Core i5-4210M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4210M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4130 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4210M. The Core i5-4210M outputs less heat than Core i3-4130 thanks to a significantly 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 i3-4130 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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