Intel Core i5 M 430 vs AMD FX-9800P

Core i5 M 430 vs FX-9800P comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-9800P performs better than the Core i5 M 430. Despite this, the Core i5 M 430 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the FX-9800P has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5 M 430 that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-9800P has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5 M 430. In terms of cache, the FX-9800P has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5 M 430

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. Indeed, the Core i5 M 430 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.