Intel Core i5-4430 vs Intel Core i7-3612QM

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 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

1887 points

21% slightly better overall score

1549 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3475 points

35% slightly better gaming score

2569 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1443 points

15% slightly better multitasking score

1247 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1388 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

1197 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

41.96 points

29% slightly higher Blender score

32.42 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2730 points

77% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1538 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

948 points

104% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

463 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2834 points

67% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1692 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1014 points

102% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

501 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

42% much higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz

3% slightly higher turbo speed

3.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W

35 W

139% significantly lower TDP

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

745th of 1,089

801st of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May

2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-4430 vs Core i7-3612QM specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3612QM is faster than the Core i5-4430. Despite this, the Core i5-4430 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-3612QM has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4430 has a much higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3612QM. Also, the Core i5-4430 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3612QM 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.

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. For instance, the Core i5-4430 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.