Intel Core i5-2430M vs Intel Core i7 Q 740

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

1116 points
0.36% slightly better overall score
1112 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2161 points
21% slightly better gaming score
1778 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

838 points
917 points
9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

805 points
882 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

17.39 points
20.30 points
16% 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

2.4 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed
1.73 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

919th of 1,089
920th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 November
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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 i5-2430M vs Core i7 Q 740 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-2430M is faster than the Core i7 Q 740. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 Q 740 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7 Q 740 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-2430M. Indeed, the Core i7 Q 740 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-2430M. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2430M. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-2430M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7 Q 740.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-2430M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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