Intel Core i5-4430 vs Intel Core i7-4810MQ

Core i5-4430 vs Core i7-4810MQ benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4810MQ performs better than the Core i5-4430. Despite this, the Core i5-4430 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-4430 has slightly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i7-4810MQ has 3 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-4810MQ has more threads than the Core i5-4430. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4430 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4810MQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4810MQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4810MQ 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.