Intel Core i7-4770 vs Intel Core i5-4430

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-4430

Price

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$ 76.51

$ 23.20 significantly less expensive

$ 99.71

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2793 points

48% significantly better overall score

1887 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4464 points

28% slightly better gaming score

3475 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2300 points

59% significantly better multitasking score

1443 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2209 points

59% significantly better heavy workload score

1388 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

60.61 points

44% significantly higher Blender score

41.96 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3652 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2730 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1143 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

948 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3812 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2834 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1210 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1014 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.40 GHz

13% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

21% slightly higher turbo speed

3.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W

Identical

84 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

571st of 1,089

745th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-4770 vs Core i5-4430 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4770 beats the Core i5-4430 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4430 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-4770 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4770 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4430. Also, the Core i7-4770 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-4770 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.