Intel Core i5 4300U vs 4200U

Expected September, 2013

Reasons to buy the Intel Core i5 4300U

	Higher clock speed 1.9 GHz		Higher turbo clock speed 2.9 GHz
	Supports trusted computing Yes		Better turbo clock speed 1,100 MHz

older Released July, 2013

Reasons to buy the 4200U

Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water)

2.6 GHz

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i5 4300U 7.0 Core i5 4200U 6.7
3DMark06 (CPU), Passmark, GeekBench (32-bit) and GeekBench (64-bit)

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Core i5 4300U 8.6 Core i5 4200U 8.1
Passmark (Single Core)

	Power Consumption
	How much power does the processor require?
Core i5 4300U 5.6 Core i5 4200U 5.6
TDP

	Features
	How does CPUBoss rank the features of each product?
Core i5 4300U 3.3 Core i5 4200U 3.0
Features and specifications that differ between products

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Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i5 4300U

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Higher clock speed

1.9 GHz

1.6 GHz

Around 20% higher clock speed

Higher turbo clock speed

2.9 GHz

2.6 GHz

More than 10% higher turbo clock speed

Supports trusted computing

Yes

Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing

Better turbo clock speed

1,100 MHz

1,000 MHz

10% better turbo clock speed

Better 3DMark06 CPU score

3,242

2,450

More than 30% better 3DMark06 CPU score

Better PassMark (Single core) score

1,606

1,388

More than 15% better PassMark (Single core) score

Slightly better overclocked clock speed (Air)

2.72 GHz

2.49 GHz

Around 10% better overclocked clock speed (Air)

Slightly better performance per watt

31.09 pt/W

26.04 pt/W

Around 20% better performance per watt

Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i5 4200U

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Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water)

2.6 GHz

1.9 GHz

More than 35% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

GeekBench (32-bit)

Core i5 4300U

4,978

Core i5 4200U

4,232

browser.primatelabs.com

GeekBench (64-bit)

Core i5 4300U

5,444

Core i5 4200U

4,706

browser.primatelabs.com

GeekBench

Core i5 4300U

5,444

Core i5 4200U

4,706

3D Mark 06 (CPU)

Core i5 4300U

3,242

Core i5 4200U

2,450

notebookcheck.net

Passmark

Core i5 4300U

3,758

Core i5 4200U

3,274

cpubenchmark.net

Passmark (Single Core)

Core i5 4300U

1,606

Core i5 4200U

1,388

cpubenchmark.net

summary	Core i5 4300U	4200U
Clock speed	1.9 GHz	1.6 GHz
Turbo clock speed	2.9 GHz	2.6 GHz
Cores	Dual core	Dual core
Is unlocked	No	No
Is hyperthreaded	Yes	Yes
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Supports trusted computing	Yes	No
Has virtualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction-set-extensions
MMX
SSE
SSE4.2
AVX
SSE3
FMA3
SSE2
EM64T
Supplemental SSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4
AVX 2.0
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes	Yes
gpu
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	HD 4400	Intel® HD Graphics 4400
Number of displays supported	3	3
GPU clock speed	200 MHz	200 MHz
Turbo clock speed	1,100 MHz	1,000 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3L-1600
DDR3L-1333
LPDDR3-1333
LPDDR3-1600
Channels	Dual Channel	Dual Channel
Supports ECC	No	No
Maximum bandwidth	25,600 MB/s	25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size	16,384 MB	16,384 MB

details	Core i5 4300U	4200U
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 nms	22 nms
Max CPUs	1	1
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	2.72 GHz	2.49 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	1.9 GHz	2.6 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	2.72 GHz	2.49 GHz
power consumption
TDP	15W	15W
Annual home energy cost	3.61 $/year	3.61 $/year
Performance per watt	31.09 pt/W	26.04 pt/W
Typical power consumption	12.19W	12.19W
bus
Architecture	DMI 2.0	DMI 2.0
Number of links	1	1
Transfer rate	5,000 MT/s	5,000 MT/s

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ConsoleOS.com (04:49 PM, July 3, 2014)

According to Intel, the i5-4300U supports AVX. The chart above as of this post indicates that it does not, incorrectly. Source: http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/platform-briefs/4th-gen-core-processor-based-platforms-brief.pdf

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