Intel Core i5 M 430 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240

Core i5 M 430 vs Athlon II X2 240 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon II X2 240 performs better than the Core i5 M 430. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5 M 430 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5 M 430 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon II X2 240 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5 M 430. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Athlon II X2 240 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5 M 430

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 M 430 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.