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Benchmarks for the Intel Core i5-4430S can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.
Is the Intel Core i5-4430S @ 2.70GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1150
Clockspeed: 2.7 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.2 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 65 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 32 GB (DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4430S CPU @ 2.70GHz, Intel Core i5-4430S CPU @ 2.70GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2013
CPUmark/$Price: 23.13
Overall Rank:
2517th fastest in multithreading out of 5791 CPUs
2246th fastest in single threading out of 5791 CPUs
673rd fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $189.53 USD (2023-04-15)
| Integer Math | 12,672 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 9,675 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 29 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 8,297 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 1,093 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 61,257 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 364 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 5,117 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,774 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,444 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,279 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,939 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,700 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,844 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,584 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,082 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,678 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,643 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,133 | |
| Intel Core i5-4430S @ 2.70GHz | 4,384 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 136.53 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 130.23 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 124.62 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 122.41 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 117.87 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 107.93 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 60.59 | |
| Intel Core i5-4430S @ 2.70GHz | 23.13 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 4,694 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,600 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 4,516 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,886 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,676 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,489 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,365 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,913 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,560 | |
| Intel Core i5-4430S @ 2.70GHz | 1,774 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3232377 - Jan 22 2026 | 3646 | |
| BL3224398 - Jan 19 2026 | 4524 | |
| BL3181443 - Jan 02 2026 | 4469 | |
| BL3179883 - Jan 01 2026 | 4447 | |
| BL3177237 - Dec 31 2025 | 4547 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-4430S @ 2.70GHz | 4,384 | |
| Intel Core i5-4570S @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-4430S | 5,015 (+14.4%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4460S @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-4430S | 4,644 (+5.9%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3470S @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-4430S | 4,373 (-0.3%) | |
| AMD FX-6300 Six-Core vs Intel Core i5-4430S | 4,228 (-3.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-4430S | 4,101 (-6.5%) | |
| AMD A10 PRO-7850B APU vs Intel Core i5-4430S | 3,441 (-21.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4670S @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i5-4430S | 5,257 (+19.9%) | |
| AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core vs Intel Core i5-4430S | 5,126 (+16.9%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X6 1100T vs Intel Core i5-4430S | 3,936 (-10.2%) | |
| AMD A10-9700 vs Intel Core i5-4430S | 3,561 (-18.8%) | |
| AMD A10-7850K APU vs Intel Core i5-4430S | 3,391 (-22.7%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X6 1055T vs Intel Core i5-4430S | 3,388 (-22.7%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 | 14,501 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,433 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,123 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,258 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,794 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus | 10,695 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,517 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,377 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,257 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,195 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,783 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,780 | |
| Intel Core i5-4430S @ 2.70GHz | 555 |