Intel Core i5-4210M vs Intel Core i7-975

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

1250 points
1889 points
51% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2527 points
3014 points
19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

920 points
1556 points
69% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

882 points
1494 points
69% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1750 points
2411 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

886 points
48% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
596 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1765 points
1859 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

907 points
68% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
538 points

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

2.6 GHz
3.33 GHz
28% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz
3.6 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

37 W
251% significantly lower TDP
130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
3
49% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
24 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

883rd of 1,089
742nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
2009 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1066

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-4210M vs Core i7-975 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-975 beats the Core i5-4210M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4210M in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-975 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-4210M. Indeed, the Core i7-975 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-4210M. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4210M. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-975 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4210M. Also, the Core i7-975 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4210M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-975 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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

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