Intel Core i5 4278U vs 3210M

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Intel Core i5 4278U

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Intel Core i5 4278U

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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the 4278U vs the 3210M.

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Intel Core i5 3210M

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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the 3210M vs the 4278U.

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i5 4278U

20.18 mHash/s

Core i5 3210M

6.22 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (Face detection)

Core i5 4278U

15.94 mPixels/s

Core i5 3210M

2.99 mPixels/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i5 4278U

1.24 fps

Core i5 3210M

0.97 fps

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4278U

5,971

Core i5 3210M

5,193

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4278U

2,833

Core i5 3210M

2,547

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4278U

3,900,000 MB/s

Core i5 3210M

2,090,000 MB/s

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i5 4278U

4,338

Core i5 3210M

3,823

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i5 4278U

1,724

Core i5 3210M

1,524

summary	Core i5 4278U	3210M
Clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.5 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3.1 GHz	3.1 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	28W	35W
Annual home energy cost	6.75 $/year	8.43 $/year
Performance per watt	35.39 pt/W	12.39 pt/W
Typical power consumption	22.75W	28.44W
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 4278U	3210M
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
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	2.99 GHz	2.9 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	2.6 GHz	2.5 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	2.99 GHz	2.9 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	Intel® Iris™ Graphics 5100	HD 4000
Number of displays supported	3	3
GPU clock speed	200 MHz	650 MHz
Turbo clock speed	1,100 MHz	1,100 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3L-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3L-1333
Channels	Dual Channel	Dual Channel
Supports ECC	No	No
Maximum bandwidth	12,800 MB/s	25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size	16,384 MB	32,768 MB

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