CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 4200M vs 4100M among laptop CPUs (over 15W)

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i5 4200M
4.6
Core i3 4100M
4.1
Core i5 3230M
4.4
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance
Core i5 4200M
2.6
Core i3 4100M
1.9
Core i5 3230M
2.5
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i5 4200M
1.9
Core i3 4100M
1.8
Core i5 3230M
1.5
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)

Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i5 4200M
4.3
Core i3 4100M
5.8
Core i5 3230M
3.6
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

Performance per Watt

How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i5 4200M
0.1
Core i3 4100M
0.6
Core i5 3230M
0.0
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i5 4200M
4.8
Core i3 4100M
5.1
Core i5 3230M
n.d.
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more
0.7

CPUBoss Score

Combination of all six facets
Core i5 4200M
0.1
Core i3 4100M
0.7
Core i5 3230M
0.0

Winner
Intel Core i5 4200M 

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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i5 4200M vs i3 4100M

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i5 4200M
14.56 mHash/s
Core i3 4100M
14.15 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i5 4200M
0.89 fps
Core i3 4100M
1.13 fps

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 4200M
2,521
Core i3 4100M
2,438

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 4200M
2,732
Core i3 4100M
2,500

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 4200M
4,534
Core i3 4100M
4,251

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4200M
5,610
Core i3 4100M
4,638

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4200M
2,669
Core i3 4100M
2,192

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4200M
3,245,000 MB/s
Core i3 4100M
2,870,000 MB/s

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Core i5 4200M  vs
i3 4100M 
Clock speed 2.5 GHz 2.5 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 15.17 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 4100M 
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 2.5 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 2.5 GHz 2.5 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.02 GHz 2.5 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
DDR3
Channels Dual Channel Dual Channel
Supports ECC No No
Maximum bandwidth 25,600 MB/s 12,800 MB/s
Maximum memory size 32,000 MB 32,768 MB
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