Intel Core i5-2430M vs Intel Core i5-4590

Core i5-2430M vs Core i5-4590 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-4590 is faster than the Core i5-2430M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2430M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-4590 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5-2430M that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4590 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2430M. Also, the Core i5-4590 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-2430M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4590 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.