Intel Core i5-2300 vs Intel N97

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

1% slightly better overall score

1707 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3210 points

3251 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1327 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

1290 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1273 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

1238 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

25.92 points

33.82 points

30% 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

40% slightly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

769th of 1,089

773rd of 1,089

Family

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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 N97 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-2300 beats the N97 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the N97 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-2300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the N97.

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