Intel Core i5-4310U vs Intel Core i7-3610QM

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

1109 points
1810 points
63% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2153 points
2981 points
38% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

833 points
1464 points
75% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

800 points
1405 points
75% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

17.18 points
37.63 points
119% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1440 points
1794 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

765 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
531 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1574 points
1836 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

809 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
539 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 GHz
2.3 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3 GHz
3.3 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
200% significantly lower TDP
45 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

921st of 1,089
756th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 February
2012 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 i5-4310U vs Core i7-3610QM comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3610QM beats the Core i5-4310U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4310U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-3610QM has significantly more cores than the Core i5-4310U. Indeed, the Core i7-3610QM has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-4310U. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4310U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3610QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4310U. Also, the Core i7-3610QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4310U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3610QM CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-4310U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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