Intel Core i5 4300U vs 4200U

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i5 4300U 6.1 Core i5 4200U 5.5 Core i7 4500U 6.1
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Core i5 4300U 9.4 Core i5 4200U 8.6 Core i7 4500U 9.4
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i5 4300U 4.3 Core i5 4200U 5.5 Core i7 4500U 5.3
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i5 4300U 8.2 Core i5 4200U 7.8 Core i7 4500U 8.0
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i5 4300U 5.2 Core i5 4200U 5.2 Core i7 4500U 5.3
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

	Value
	Are you paying a premium for performance?
Core i5 4300U 5.2 Core i5 4200U 5.6 Core i7 4500U 5.3
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

6.2	CPUBoss Score
	Combination of all six facets
Core i5 4300U 6.1 Core i5 4200U 6.2 Core i7 4500U 6.4

Winner
Intel Core i5 4300U

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Intel Core i5 4300U

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Supports trusted computing

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Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing

Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i5 4200U

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CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the 4200U vs the 4300U.

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i5 4300U

13.98 mHash/s

Core i5 4200U

11.53 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i5 4300U

1.11 fps

Core i5 4200U

1.18 fps

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 4300U

2,336

Core i5 4200U

2,198

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 4300U

2,283

Core i5 4200U

2,417

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i5 4300U

4,259

Core i5 4200U

4,370

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4300U

5,253

Core i5 4200U

4,464

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4300U

2,703

Core i5 4200U

2,312

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i5 4300U

3,440,000 MB/s

Core i5 4200U

3,015,000 MB/s

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
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Supports trusted computing	Yes	No
Has virtualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
EM64T
SSE
SSE4.1
FMA3
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
AVX 2.0
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes	Yes
power consumption
TDP	15W	15W
Annual home energy cost	3.61 $/year	3.61 $/year
Performance per watt	42.92 pt/W	38.06 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

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 nm	22 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	2.71 GHz	2.49 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	1.9 GHz	1.6 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	2.71 GHz	2.49 GHz
integrated graphics
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

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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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