Intel Core i5-4210U vs Intel Core i5-9300H

Core i5-4210U vs Core i5-9300H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-9300H performs better than the Core i5-4210U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4210U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-9300H has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5-4210U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4210U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-9300H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4210U. Also, the Core i5-9300H has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4210U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-9300H CPU because of its significantly 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. Indeed, the Core i5-4210U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.