Intel Core i5-2300 vs Intel N150

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel 4 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

1738 points

12% slightly better overall score

1546 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3210 points

10% slightly better gaming score

2906 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1327 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

1186 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1273 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

1150 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

25.92 points

31.61 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz

250% significantly higher clock speed

0.8 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

769th of 1,089

802nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-2300 vs N150 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-2300 performs better than the N150. Despite this, the N150 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 i5-2300 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the N150.

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.