Intel Core i5-2410M vs Intel Core i5 M 430

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel 2 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

950 points
28% slightly better overall score
737 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1767 points
22% slightly better gaming score
1440 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

729 points
32% slightly better multitasking score
552 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

701 points
32% slightly better heavy workload score
531 points

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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

2.30 GHz
1% slightly higher clock speed
2.27 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.5 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
0.25 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

3 MiB
Identical
3 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

967th of 1,089
1,022nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-2410M vs Core i5 M 430 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-2410M beats the Core i5 M 430 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5 M 430 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-2410M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5 M 430. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-2410M has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5 M 430. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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. Indeed, the Core i5-2410M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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