Intel Core i5-4430 vs Intel Core i7-9850HL

Core i5-4430 vs Core i7-9850HL comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-9850HL is faster 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 i7-9850HL has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-4430 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4430. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4430 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9850HL. Despite this, the Core i7-9850HL has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-9850HL 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.