Intel Core i5-6300HQ vs Intel Core i5-4310M

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 1918.00
$ 88.04
$ 1829.96 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1438 points
15% slightly better overall score
1246 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2667 points
7% slightly better gaming score
2481 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1096 points
18% slightly better multitasking score
926 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1053 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score
889 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

38.90 points
104% significantly higher Blender score
19.06 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2685 points
58% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1697 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

970 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
859 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2777 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1883 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1025 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1000 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
2.7 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz
3.4 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
37 W
21% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

826th of 1,089
886th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August
2014 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-6300HQ vs Core i5-4310M benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6300HQ beats the Core i5-4310M in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-4310M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-6300HQ has significantly more cores than the Core i5-4310M. Indeed, the Core i5-6300HQ has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-4310M. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4310M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6300HQ. Also, the Core i5-4310M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-4310M outputs less heat than Core i5-6300HQ thanks to a slightly 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 i5-6300HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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