Intel Pentium 2020M vs Intel Core i5 M 430

Compare Intel Pentium 2000 Series 2 core CPU vs Intel 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

766 points

3% slightly better overall score

737 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1683 points

16% slightly better gaming score

1440 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

544 points

552 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

523 points

531 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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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

2.4 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

2.27 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,013th of 1,089

1,022nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Pentium 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Pentium 2020M vs Core i5 M 430 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium 2020M 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5 M 430 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Pentium 2020M has a slightly higher clock speed 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. For instance, the Pentium 2020M has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.