Intel Core i5-4310M vs Intel Core i7-4600M

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 2 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

1246 points

1394 points

11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2481 points

2774 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

926 points

1034 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

889 points

992 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.06 points

30.90 points

62% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1697 points

1735 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

859 points

961 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1883 points

1926 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1000 points

1013 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz

2.9 GHz

7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.6 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

37 W

Identical

37 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

886th of 1,089

841st of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 February

2013 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-4310M vs Core i7-4600M comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4600M performs better than the Core i5-4310M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4310M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4600M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4310M. Also, the Core i7-4600M has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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.