Intel Core i5-3450S vs Intel Core i7-950

What is the difference between Intel Core i5-3450S and Intel Core i7-950. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

697Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score530
2165Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2101
4266PassMark CPU Mark Rating3106
1855PassMark Single Thread Rating1391
27583DMark Time Spy Physics Score2532

Processor Specs

Intel Core i5-3450SProcessorIntel Core i7-950
2800 MHzFrequency3070 MHz
3500 MHzMaximum Frequency3330 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads8
65 WTDP130 W
Intel HD Graphics 2500GPU
Ivy BridgeCodenameBloomfield
FCLGA1155PackageFCLGA1366

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

696Single-Core Score529
2494Multi-Core Score1984
Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Windows 10 (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
MSI MS-7758ModelMSI MS-7522
MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)MotherboardMSI MSI X58 Pro-E SLI (MS-7522)
Power PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i5-3450SNameIntel Core i7-950
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5
2.80 GHzBase Frequency3.08 GHz
3.50 GHzMaximum Frequency3341 MHz
Socket 1155 LGAPackageSocket 1366 LGA
Ivy BridgeCodenameBloomfield
32.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
32.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
256 KB x 2L2 Cache256 KB x 4
6.00 MB x 1L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

16.00 GBSize16.00 GB
933 MHzFrequency534 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
2Channels3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

696Single-Core Score529
753Crypto Score59
673Integer Score550
736Floating Point Score 561
753
1.28 GB/sec
AES-XTS59
103.2 MB/sec
794
4.02 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)696
3.52 MB/sec
800
37.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression632
29.9 Mpixels/sec
716
2.02 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)567
1.60 MTE/sec
582
683.4 KElements/sec
HTML5533
626.2 KElements/sec
602
188.6 Krows/sec
SQLite513
160.8 Krows/sec
664
36.0 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering544
29.5 Mpixels/sec
656
208.9 KB/sec
Text Rendering489
155.8 KB/sec
622
4.85 Klines/sec
Clang532
4.14 Klines/sec
654
7.58 images/sec
Camera477
5.52 images/sec
646
808.1 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics485
607.2 Kpairs/sec
703
4357.1 FPS
Rigid Body Physics580
3591.1 FPS
617
33.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur489
26.9 Mpixels/sec
665
5.12 images/sec
Face Detection579
4.46 images/sec
710
17.5 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection586
14.4 Mpixels/sec
1188
58.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting956
46.9 Mpixels/sec
1260
17.2 Mpixels/sec
HDR947
12.9 Mpixels/sec
834
669.7 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing591
474.4 Kpixels/sec
508
4.55 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion393
3.52 Kpixels/sec
773
24.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition661
21.1 Words/sec
529
20.5 images/sec
Machine Learning267
10.3 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2494Multi-Core Score1984
2924Crypto Score259
2385Integer Score2086
2660Floating Point Score 2052
2924
4.98 GB/sec
AES-XTS259
451.5 MB/sec
2647
13.4 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3209
16.2 MB/sec
2871
135.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression2838
134.2 Mpixels/sec
2035
5.74 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1752
4.94 MTE/sec
2173
2.55 MElements/sec
HTML52220
2.61 MElements/sec
2306
722.6 Krows/sec
SQLite1838
575.9 Krows/sec
2451
133.0 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2414
131.0 Mpixels/sec
2299
732.4 KB/sec
Text Rendering1624
517.3 KB/sec
2378
18.5 Klines/sec
Clang1906
14.9 Klines/sec
2409
27.9 images/sec
Camera1537
17.8 images/sec
2559
3.20 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1632
2.04 Mpairs/sec
2724
16874.3 FPS
Rigid Body Physics2412
14941.5 FPS
2650
145.7 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1606
88.3 Mpixels/sec
2571
19.8 images/sec
Face Detection2190
16.9 images/sec
2740
67.5 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2553
62.9 Mpixels/sec
4053
198.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3100
152.1 Mpixels/sec
4737
64.5 Mpixels/sec
HDR4181
57.0 Mpixels/sec
3265
2.62 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing2700
2.17 Mpixels/sec
1852
16.6 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1685
15.1 Kpixels/sec
2005
64.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1800
57.5 Words/sec
1558
60.2 images/sec
Machine Learning725
28.0 images/sec