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Intel Core i5 4200M
CPUBoss recommends the Intel Core i5 4200M based on its .
See full details Intel Core i5 4200M vs i3 4000M |
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CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 4200M vs 4000M among laptop CPUs (over 15W)
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more | |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
| Sky Diver and Cloud Gate | |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
| Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
| 0.7 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
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| CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Core i5 4200M vs the Core i3 4000M. | |||||||
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| CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Core i3 4000M vs the Core i5 4200M. | |||||||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i5 4200M vs i3 4000M
CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench
CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark
Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark
Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i5 4200M | vs | i3 4000M |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Dual core | |
| Is unlocked | No | No | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | No | No | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| AVX 2.0 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 37W | 37W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 8.91 $/year | 8.91 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 16.78 pt/W | 4.45 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 30.06W | 30.06W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | DMI 2.0 | DMI 2.0 | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
| Transfer rate | 5,000 MT/s | 5,000 MT/s | |
details | Core i5 4200M | vs | i3 4000M |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 4 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 0.5 MB | 1 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 3 MB | 3 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 1.5 MB/core | 1.5 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 22 nm | 22 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 100°C | Unknown - 100°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.02 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.5 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.02 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | GPU | GPU | |
| Label | Intel® HD Graphics 4600 | Intel® HD Graphics 4600 | |
| Number of displays supported | 3 | 3 | |
| GPU clock speed | 400 MHz | 400 MHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 1,150 MHz | 1,100 MHz | |
memory controller | |||
| Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
| Memory type | |||
| DDR3L-1600 | |||
| DDR3L-1333 | |||
| Channels | Dual Channel | Dual Channel | |
| Supports ECC | No | No | |
| Maximum bandwidth | 25,600 MB/s | 25,600 MB/s | |
| Maximum memory size | 32,000 MB | 32,768 MB | |
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