Will be superior in performance, despite frequency being crucial when trying to avoid GPU bottlenecking.Īs such, we need to look elsewhere for more reliable comparisons. The Core i5-2400 3.1GHz has a 0.17 GHz faster frequency, this is not always an indicator that it The Core i5-2400 3.1GHz and Core i7-870 Quad are not from the same family of CPUs, so their clock speeds are by no Problematically, unless the two CPUsĪre from the same family, this can only serve as a general guide and nothing like an exact comparison,īecause the clock cycles per instruction (CPI) will vary so much. More important for gaming than the number of cores and threads is the clock rate. Is largely irrelevant, as long as you have at least 2 cores (preferably 4), and hyperthreading can sometimes Hyperthreading will beīeneficial for applications optimized for it, but it may slow others down. Their accompanying thread will always be beneficial for multi-threaded applications. Multiple threads are useful for improving the performance of multi-threaded applications. The Core i5-2400 3.1GHz has one thread per physical core, whereas the Core i7-870 Quad uses hyperthreading and The Core i7-870 Quad has 4 more threads than the Core i5-2400 3.1GHz. Which is not likely to be a limiting factor for gaming. The Core i5-2400 3.1GHz and the Core i7-870 Quad both have 4 cores, The Intel Core i5-2400 is a 4-core CPU with a base clock speed of 1100MHz, a clock frequency of 3.1GHz and a max frequency of 3.4GHz. Its performance is very good and sufficient for any of today's games. The processor DOES NOT integrated any graphics and has a rated board TDP of 95W. Īmong its many features, HyperThreading, Turbo Boost and Virtualization are activated. It offers 4 Physical Cores (8 Logical), initially clocked at 2.93GHz, which may go up to 3.6GHz and 8MB of 元 Cache. Its performance is very good and sufficient for extreme gaming.Ĭore i7-870 Quad 2.93GHz is a high-end CPU based on the 45nm, Nehalem architecture.
īoth the processor and integrated graphics have a rated board TDP of 95W. The processor integrates weak Graphics called Intel HD Graphics 2000, with 6 Execution Units, initially clocked at 850MHz and that go up to 1100MHz, in Turbo Mode which share the L2 Cache and system RAM with the processor. Īmong its many features, Turbo Boost and Virtualization are activated. It offers 4 Physical Cores (4 Logical), initially clocked at 3.1GHz, which may go up to 3.4GHz and 6MB of 元 Cache.
Core i5-2400 3.1GHz is a performance CPU based on the 32nm, Sandy Bridge architecture.