Intel Core i5-4210H vs AMD Phenom II X4 945

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

1272 points
1445 points
13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2473 points
2654 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

954 points
1105 points
15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

916 points
1061 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1741 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1342 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

885 points
122% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
398 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1912 points
84% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1037 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1007 points
194% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
342 points

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

2.9 GHz
3 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

877th of 1,089
822nd 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 Phenom II X4 945 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Phenom II X4 945 is faster than the Core i5-4210H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4210H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Phenom II X4 945 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-4210H. Indeed, the Phenom II X4 945 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-4210H. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X4 945 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4210H.

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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