Intel Core i5-4310M vs Intel Core i7-2630QM

Core i5-4310M vs Core i7-2630QM benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-2630QM is faster than the Core i5-4310M. Despite this, the Core i5-4310M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-2630QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5-4310M has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4310M. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4310M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2630QM. Also, the Core i5-4310M has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4310M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2630QM CPU because of its slightly 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 i5-4310M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.