Intel Core i5-2300 vs Intel Core i7-4712MQ

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-4712MQ

Price

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$ 35.00

$ 733.00 significantly less expensive

$ 768.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1738 points

1744 points

0.35% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3210 points

11% slightly better gaming score

2886 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1327 points

1409 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1273 points

1352 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

25.92 points

30.27 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1515 points

2448 points

61% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

516 points

953 points

84% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1499 points

2892 points

92% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

510 points

948 points

85% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz

22% slightly higher clock speed

2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz

3.3 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

37 W

156% significantly 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

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

769th of 1,089

767th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-2300 vs Core i7-4712MQ benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4712MQ performs better than the Core i5-2300. Despite this, the Core i5-2300 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-4712MQ has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-2300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4712MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4712MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4712MQ outputs less heat than Core i5-2300 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Core i5-2300 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.