Intel Core i5-4430S vs Intel Core i7-960

What is the difference between Intel Core i5-4430S and Intel Core i7-960. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

717Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score545
2184Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score2134
4008PassMark CPU Mark Rating3251
1684PassMark Single Thread Rating1456
24513DMark Time Spy Physics Score2593

Processor Specs

Intel Core i5-4430SProcessorIntel Core i7-960
2700 MHzFrequency3200 MHz
3200 MHzMaximum Frequency3460 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads8
65 WTDP130 W
Intel HD Graphics 4600GPU
HaswellCodenameBloomfield
FCLGA1150PackageFCLGA1366

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

693Single-Core Score540
2111Multi-Core Score2393
Geekbench 5.3.2 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
Dell Inc. OptiPlex 9020ModelAlienware Area 51
Dell Inc. 0XCR8DMotherboardAlienware 0J560M
Ultimate PerformancePower PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i5-4430SNameIntel Core i7-960
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5
2.70 GHzBase Frequency3.22 GHz
3.20 GHzMaximum Frequency3475 MHz
Socket 1150 LGAPackageSocket 1366 LGA
HaswellCodenameBloomfield
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

8.00 GBSize24.00 GB
666 MHzFrequency668 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
1Channels3

Geekbench 5 result (single)

693Single-Core Score540
965Crypto Score59
648Integer Score553
746Floating Point Score 593
965
1.65 GB/sec
AES-XTS59
103.2 MB/sec
633
3.20 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)672
3.40 MB/sec
759
35.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression625
29.6 Mpixels/sec
562
1.59 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)620
1.75 MTE/sec
637
748.4 KElements/sec
HTML5541
635.4 KElements/sec
654
205.0 Krows/sec
SQLite503
157.4 Krows/sec
641
34.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering558
30.3 Mpixels/sec
654
208.5 KB/sec
Text Rendering488
155.5 KB/sec
681
5.30 Klines/sec
Clang526
4.10 Klines/sec
631
7.31 images/sec
Camera475
5.51 images/sec
605
757.4 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics460
576.0 Kpairs/sec
722
4471.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics589
3648.7 FPS
650
35.8 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur507
27.9 Mpixels/sec
682
5.25 images/sec
Face Detection624
4.80 images/sec
659
16.3 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection638
15.7 Mpixels/sec
1206
59.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting977
47.9 Mpixels/sec
1326
18.1 Mpixels/sec
HDR1022
13.9 Mpixels/sec
796
639.3 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing649
520.8 Kpixels/sec
627
5.61 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion436
3.91 Kpixels/sec
640
20.5 Words/sec
Speech Recognition728
23.3 Words/sec
615
23.8 images/sec
Machine Learning284
11.0 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

2111Multi-Core Score2393
1643Crypto Score280
2056Integer Score2538
2307Floating Point Score 2430
1643
2.80 GB/sec
AES-XTS280
487.9 MB/sec
2293
11.6 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)3643
18.4 MB/sec
2582
122.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression3146
148.9 Mpixels/sec
1033
2.91 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2327
6.56 MTE/sec
2274
2.67 MElements/sec
HTML52390
2.81 MElements/sec
2479
776.7 Krows/sec
SQLite2456
769.5 Krows/sec
2004
108.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering2808
152.4 Mpixels/sec
1823
580.7 KB/sec
Text Rendering2067
658.4 KB/sec
2444
19.0 Klines/sec
Clang2479
19.3 Klines/sec
2137
24.8 images/sec
Camera1943
22.5 images/sec
2149
2.69 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics2105
2.63 Mpairs/sec
2424
15020.1 FPS
Rigid Body Physics2659
16476.5 FPS
2557
140.5 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1823
100.2 Mpixels/sec
2476
19.1 images/sec
Face Detection2733
21.0 images/sec
2291
56.5 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection2945
72.6 Mpixels/sec
3370
165.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting3705
181.8 Mpixels/sec
4340
59.1 Mpixels/sec
HDR4690
63.9 Mpixels/sec
3308
2.66 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing3008
2.42 Mpixels/sec
2120
19.0 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1904
17.1 Kpixels/sec
1499
47.9 Words/sec
Speech Recognition2216
70.9 Words/sec
847
32.7 images/sec
Machine Learning964
37.2 images/sec