Intel Core i5-3550 vs Intel Core i5-4430

Compare Intel Core 4 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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Intel Core i5-4430

Price

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$ 298.95

$ 99.71

$ 199.24 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2119 points

12% slightly better overall score

1887 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3894 points

12% slightly better gaming score

3475 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1620 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

1443 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1555 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

1388 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

27.36 points

41.96 points

53% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1939 points

2730 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

644 points

948 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1924 points

2834 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

645 points

1014 points

57% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

10% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

15% slightly higher turbo speed

3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

77 W

9% slightly lower TDP

84 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

702nd of 1,089

745th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-3550 vs Core i5-4430 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-3550 beats the Core i5-4430 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4430 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-3550 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4430. Also, the Core i5-3550 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-3550 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4430 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-3550 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.