Intel Core i5-2400S vs Intel Core i5-4330M

Compare Intel Core 4 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

$ 70.00
$ 27.00 significantly less expensive
$ 97.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1557 points
15% slightly better overall score
1347 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2888 points
13% slightly better gaming score
2538 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1185 points
16% slightly better multitasking score
1020 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1138 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score
979 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
2.8 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.3 GHz
3.5 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
37 W
75% 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

806th of 1,099
867th of 1,099

Family

The product line

Core
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February
2013 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-2400S vs Core i5-4330M benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-4330M is faster than the Core i5-2400S. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2400S in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-2400S has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5-4330M has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4330M has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-2400S. Also, the Core i5-4330M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-4330M outputs less heat than Core i5-2400S thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core i5-2400S has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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