Intel Core i5-2430M vs Intel Core i5-4570

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 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

$ 62.02
$ 19.99 significantly less expensive
$ 82.01

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1116 points
2177 points
95% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2161 points
4010 points
85% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

838 points
1662 points
98% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

805 points
1595 points
98% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

17.39 points
42.40 points
143% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

955 points
2948 points
208% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

472 points
1033 points
118% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

875 points
3094 points
253% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

438 points
1112 points
153% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.2 GHz
33% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3 GHz
3.6 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
139% significantly lower TDP
84 W

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

16 GiB
32 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

919th of 1,089
687th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 November
2013 May

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 i5-2430M vs Core i5-4570 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4570 beats the Core i5-2430M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2430M in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-4570 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-2430M. Indeed, the Core i5-4570 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-2430M. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4570 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2430M. Also, the Core i5-4570 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-2430M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4570 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-2430M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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