Intel Core i5-2430M vs Intel Core i3-N305

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1116 points
2781 points
149% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2161 points
4373 points
102% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

838 points
2279 points
171% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

805 points
2166 points
169% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

17.39 points
43.57 points
150% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

875 points
4208 points
380% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

438 points
1145 points
161% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
8
300% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
33% slightly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3 GHz
3.8 GHz
26% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
15 W
133% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
77% significantly more pcie lanes
9

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
100% significantly more memory channels
1

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB
Identical
16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

922nd of 1,092
575th of 1,092

Family

The product line

Core
Core i3 N-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 November
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR4-3200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

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