Intel Core i5-4430 vs Intel Core i7-2820QM

Core i5-4430 vs Core i7-2820QM specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4430 beats the Core i7-2820QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2820QM in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-2820QM has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4430 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2820QM. Despite this, the Core i7-2820QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-2820QM outputs less heat than Core i5-4430 thanks to a 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. For instance, the Core i5-4430 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.