Samsung Exynos 7578 vs Intel Core i5-4430

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Samsung Exynos 7578 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-4430
Samsung Exynos 7578 Intel Core i5-4430

CPU comparison

Samsung Exynos 7578 or Intel Core i5-4430 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Samsung Exynos 7578 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 7578 was released in Q2/2015.

The Intel Core i5-4430 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-4430 was released in Q2/2013.
Samsung Exynos (46) Family Intel Core i5 (331)
Samsung Exynos 7578/7580 (2) CPU group Intel Core i 4000 (64)
1 Generation 4
Cortex-A53 Architecture Haswell S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Samsung Exynos 7578 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz. The Intel Core i5-4430 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (3.20 GHz).

Samsung Exynos 7578 Characteristic Intel Core i5-4430
4 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.50 GHz Frequency 3.00 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.20 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.10 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Samsung Exynos 7578 Characteristic Intel Core i5-4430
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

ARM Mali-T720 MP2 GPU Intel HD Graphics 4600
0.65 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
0.65 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
Midgard 3 GPU Generation 7.5
28nm Technology 22 nm
2 Max. displays 3
2 Compute units 20
32 Shader 160
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11 DirectX Version 11.1

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

ARM Mali-T720 MP2 GPU Intel HD Graphics 4600
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Samsung Exynos 7578 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-4430 can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Samsung Exynos 7578 Characteristic Intel Core i5-4430
LPDDR3-1066 Memory DDR3-1600
Max. Memory 32 GB
0 Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 6.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Samsung Exynos 7578 has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Core i5-4430 is 84 W.

Samsung Exynos 7578 Characteristic Intel Core i5-4430
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 84 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Samsung Exynos 7578 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i5-4430 cache has a total of 6.00 MB.

Samsung Exynos 7578 Characteristic Intel Core i5-4430
28 nm Technology 22 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
-- Socket LGA 1150
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2015 Release date Q2/2013
-- Release price 155 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Samsung Exynos 7578 (14%)
Intel Core i5-4430 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Samsung Exynos 7578 (14%)
Intel Core i5-4430 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Samsung Exynos 7578 Samsung Exynos 7578
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
107 (14%)
Intel Core i5-4430 Intel Core i5-4430
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
771 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Samsung Exynos 7578 Samsung Exynos 7578
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
376 (14%)
Intel Core i5-4430 Intel Core i5-4430
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
2630 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Samsung Exynos 7578 Samsung Exynos 7578
ARM Mali-T720 MP2 @ 0.65 GHz
22 (6%)
Intel Core i5-4430 Intel Core i5-4430
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.10 GHz
352 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Samsung Exynos 7578 Samsung Exynos 7578
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-4430 Intel Core i5-4430
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
979 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Samsung Exynos 7578 Samsung Exynos 7578
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-4430 Intel Core i5-4430
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
3010 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Samsung Exynos 7578 Samsung Exynos 7578
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-4430 Intel Core i5-4430
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
280 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Samsung Exynos 7578 Samsung Exynos 7578
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-4430 Intel Core i5-4430
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1132 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Samsung Exynos 7578 Samsung Exynos 7578
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-4430 Intel Core i5-4430
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
4682 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Samsung Exynos 7578 Samsung Exynos 7578
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-4430 Intel Core i5-4430
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1280 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Samsung Exynos 7578 Samsung Exynos 7578
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-4430 Intel Core i5-4430
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
124 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Samsung Exynos 7578 Samsung Exynos 7578
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-4430 Intel Core i5-4430
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
448 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Samsung Exynos 7578 Intel Core i5-4430
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