Intel Core i5-4210H vs Intel Core i7-6498DU

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

1272 points
1361 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2473 points
2723 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

954 points
1012 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

916 points
975 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed
2.60 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

877th of 1,089
851st of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-4210H vs Core i7-6498DU benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4210H beats the Core i7-6498DU in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-6498DU has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4210H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6498DU.

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 i5-4210H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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