Intel Core i5 4200M vs 3230M

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Intel Core i5 4200M

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CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i5 4200M

14.56 mHash/s

Core i5 3230M

6.29 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i5 4200M

0.89 fps

Core i5 3230M

0.97 fps

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 4200M

2,521

Core i5 3230M

2,289

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 4200M

2,732

Core i5 3230M

1,796

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 4200M

4,534

Core i5 3230M

4,075

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4200M

5,610

Core i5 3230M

5,290

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4200M

2,669

Core i5 3230M

2,543

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4200M

3,245,000 MB/s

Core i5 3230M

2,110,000 MB/s

summary	Core i5 4200M	3230M
Clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.6 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.1 GHz	3.2 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
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3L-1600
DDR3-1600
DDR3-1333
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

details	Core i5 4200M	3230M
Architecture	x86-64	x86-64
Threads	4	4
L2 cache	0.5 MB	0.5 MB
L2 cache per core	0.25 MB/core	0.25 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 - 105°C
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	Intel® HD Graphics 4600	Intel® HD Graphics 4000
Number of displays supported	3	3
GPU clock speed	400 MHz	650 MHz
Turbo clock speed	1,150 MHz	1,100 MHz
power consumption
TDP	37W	35W
Annual home energy cost	8.91 $/year	8.43 $/year
Performance per watt	16.78 pt/W	12.42 pt/W
Typical power consumption	30.06W	28.44W
bus
Architecture	DMI 2.0	DMI
Number of links	1	1
Transfer rate	5,000 MT/s	5,000 MT/s

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