Intel Core i5-2410M vs Intel Core i7 Q 720

Compare Intel Core 2 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

950 points
4% slightly better overall score
907 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1767 points
20% slightly better gaming score
1463 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

729 points
740 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

701 points
709 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

12.13 points
13.97 points
15% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.30 GHz
43% significantly higher clock speed
1.6 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
6 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

967th of 1,089
981st 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 i7 Q 720 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-2410M is faster than the Core i7 Q 720. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 Q 720 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7 Q 720 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-2410M. Indeed, the Core i7 Q 720 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-2410M. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2410M. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-2410M has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7 Q 720. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-2410M has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7 Q 720. Despite this, the Core i7 Q 720 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-2410M.

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

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