Intel Core i5 M 430 vs AMD PRO A10-8730B

Compare Intel 2 core CPU vs AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Laptops 4 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
755 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1440 points
0.42% slightly better gaming score
1434 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

552 points
570 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

531 points
547 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.27 GHz
2.4 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.25 MiB
2 MiB
700% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,022nd of 1,089
1,017th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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PRO A-Series A10 APU for Laptops

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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No

Core i5 M 430 vs PRO A10-8730B comparison

In our benchmarks, the PRO A10-8730B beats the Core i5 M 430 in overall performance. 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 PRO A10-8730B 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. Our comparison shows that the PRO A10-8730B has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5 M 430. The info from our database shows that the PRO A10-8730B has more L2 cache than the Core i5 M 430

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

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