Intel Core i5-6300U vs Intel Core i5-2430M

Core i5-6300U vs Core i5-2430M comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-2430M beats the Core i5-6300U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6300U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i5-6300U and Core i5-2430M have the same clock speed. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i5-6300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2430M CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-6300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.