Intel Core i5 M 430 vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8200

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

737 points
1% slightly better overall score
725 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1440 points
1576 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

552 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
518 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

531 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
497 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
100% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.27 GHz
2.66 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.25 MiB
6 MiB
2299% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,022nd of 1,089
1,024th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2008 February

Core i5 M 430 vs Core 2 Duo E8200 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5 M 430 is faster than the Core 2 Duo E8200. Despite this, the Core 2 Duo E8200 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 Core 2 Duo E8200 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5 M 430. In terms of cache, the Core 2 Duo E8200 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to 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.

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