Intel Core i7 4500U vs i5 4200M

older Released July, 2013

Reasons to buy the Intel Core i7 4500U

	More l3 cache 4 MB		Much lower typical power consumption 12.19W
	Significantly better CompuBench 1.5 ocean surface simulation score 178.43 fps		Significantly more l3 cache per core 2 MB/core

If we throw 35W Trinity into the mix, HD 4400 gets closer but it's still far away from 35W Trinity performance.

by Anand-Lal-Shimpi (Jun, 2013)

older Released October, 2013

Reasons to buy the i5 4200M

	Significantly higher clock speed 2.5 GHz		Higher turbo clock speed 3.1 GHz
	Significantly higher GPU clock speed 400 MHz		Supports more RAM 32,000 MB

So some of the key aspects of the Broadwell microarchitecture would be to be suitable for fanless devices, deliver on core performance improvements and feature enhanced graphics, media, display capabilities.

by hassan-mujtaba (Sep, 2014)

	Performance
	Benchmark performance using all cores
Core i7 4500U 6.8 Core i5 4200M 7.2 Core i5 4200U 6.6
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

	Single-core Performance
	Individual core benchmark performance
Core i7 4500U 8.5 Core i5 4200M 8.5 Core i5 4200U 8.0
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

	Integrated Graphics
	Integrated GPU performance for graphics
Core i7 4500U 6.7 Core i5 4200M 7.0 Core i5 4200U 6.7
Sky Diver and Cloud Gate

	Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)
	Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
Core i7 4500U 7.8 Core i5 4200M 7.6 Core i5 4200U 7.8
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

	Performance per Watt
	How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
Core i7 4500U 5.7 Core i5 4200M 5.1 Core i5 4200U 5.7
Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

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

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Intel Core i7 4500U

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More l3 cache

4 MB

3 MB

Around 35% more l3 cache; more data can be stored in the l3 cache for quick access later

Much lower typical power consumption

12.19W

30.06W

2.5x lower typical power consumption

Significantly better CompuBench 1.5 ocean surface simulation score

178.43 fps

124.74 fps

Around 45% better CompuBench 1.5 ocean surface simulation score

Significantly more l3 cache per core

2 MB/core

1.5 MB/core

Around 35% more l3 cache per core

Better performance per watt

45.35 pt/W

17.75 pt/W

More than 2.5x better performance per watt

Much lower annual home energy cost

3.61 $/year

8.91 $/year

2.5x lower annual home energy cost

Reasons to consider the
Intel Core i5 4200M

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Significantly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

1.8 GHz

Around 40% higher clock speed

Higher turbo clock speed

3.1 GHz

3 GHz

Around 5% higher turbo clock speed

Significantly higher GPU clock speed

400 MHz

200 MHz

2x higher GPU clock speed

Supports more RAM

32,000 MB

16,384 MB

Supports more than 95% more RAM

Significantly better fire strike score

659

556

Around 20% better fire strike score

Better performance per dollar

3.2 pt/$

1.73 pt/$

More than 85% better performance per dollar

Better geekbench 2 (32-bit) score

5,342

4,802

More than 10% better geekbench 2 (32-bit) score

Better geekbench 2 (64-bit) score

6,048

5,686

More than 5% better geekbench 2 (64-bit) score

Better turbo clock speed

1,150 MHz

1,100 MHz

Around 5% better turbo clock speed

Better 3DMark06 CPU score

3,882.5

3,494

More than 10% better 3DMark06 CPU score

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CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 4500U

12.55 mHash/s

Core i5 4200M

14.56 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 4500U

1.05 fps

Core i5 4200M

0.89 fps

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 4500U

2,213

Core i5 4200M

2,521

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 4500U

2,424

Core i5 4200M

2,732

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 4500U

4,228

Core i5 4200M

4,534

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 4500U

5,205

Core i5 4200M

5,610

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 4500U

2,705

Core i5 4200M

2,669

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 4500U

3,480,000 MB/s

Core i5 4200M

3,245,000 MB/s

summary	Core i7 4500U	i5 4200M
Clock speed	1.8 GHz	2.5 GHz
Turbo clock speed	3 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
EM64T
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
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	32,000 MB

details	Core i7 4500U	i5 4200M
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	4 MB	3 MB
L3 cache per core	2 MB/core	1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process	22 nm	22 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
Operating temperature	Unknown - 100°C	Unknown - 100°C
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	Intel® HD Graphics 4400	Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Number of displays supported	3	3
GPU clock speed	200 MHz	400 MHz
Turbo clock speed	1,100 MHz	1,150 MHz
power consumption
TDP	15W	37W
Annual home energy cost	3.61 $/year	8.91 $/year
Performance per watt	45.35 pt/W	17.75 pt/W
Typical power consumption	12.19W	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

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Kayel (07:30 AM, July 10, 2014)

how do you mean.... did the battery die, the GPU or what? and wasn't it covered by the warranty? and furthermore, did it get extremely hot, as the 4200m has a higher power consumption, I would think that it got quite hot during gaming?

Jade (01:51 AM, June 30, 2014)

I wouldn't recommend the z510, battery life is terrible, it died after 3 months of normal use.

whaya (07:39 PM, May 7, 2014)

i have that one with fullhd resolution. well, you can play latest games on med-high graphics. some games not really smooth, but setting lower resolution helps (1650*1020 or whatever).

anselm fernandes (02:13 PM, May 3, 2014)

i have set my eyes on this new lenovo z510 which has the i5-4200m mentoned above, windows 8, 1tb hdd & 8gb ssd, geforce gt 740m 2gb ded. graphicsa and 6gb ram. jus wanted to know if this computer's processor is capable of playing next-gen anfd latest games

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