Intel Core i5-4210U vs Intel Core i5-4460T

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

904 points
103% significantly better overall score
444 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1741 points
110% significantly better gaming score
826 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

681 points
98% significantly better multitasking score
343 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

654 points
95% significantly better heavy workload score
335 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1338 points
1848 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

689 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
602 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1460 points
2174 points
48% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

764 points
807 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

1.7 GHz
1.9 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.7 GHz
Identical
2.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
133% significantly lower TDP
35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

12
16
33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB
32 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

983rd of 1,089
1,078th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-4210U vs Core i5-4460T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4210U beats the Core i5-4460T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4460T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-4460T has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5-4210U that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-4460T has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4210U. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i5-4210U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4460T CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-4210U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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