Intel Core i5-4288U vs Intel Core i7-930

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

1204 points
1941 points
61% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2413 points
3145 points
30% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

891 points
1583 points
77% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

854 points
1519 points
77% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.44 points
28.18 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1611 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1490 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

796 points
84% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
432 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1691 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1449 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

874 points
105% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
425 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
2.8 GHz
7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
3.06 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
364% 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

16 GiB
24 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

901st of 1,089
729th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 August
2010 February

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 i5-4288U vs Core i7-930 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-930 is faster than the Core i5-4288U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4288U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-930 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5-4288U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4288U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-930 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4288U. Despite this, the Core i5-4288U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4288U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-930 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 i5-4288U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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