Intel Core i5-4200U vs Intel Core i5-4210U
Intel Core i5-4200U
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The Intel Core i5-4200U is an ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core processor for ultrabooks launched in Q2 2013. It is based on the Haswell architecture and is manufactured in 22nm. Due to Hyper-Threading, the two cores can handle up to four threads in parallel, leading to better utilization of the CPU. Each core offers a base speed of 1.6 GHz, but can dynamically increase clock rates with Turbo Boost up to 2.6 GHz for 1 active core or 2.3 GHz for 2 active cores.
Haswell is the successor to the Ivy Bridge architecture with improvements on both GPU and CPU performance. The CPUs are produced in 22nm and offer an optimized branch prediction as well as additional execution ports, improving performance per clock by almost 10 percent. Furthermore, new features like AVX2 and FMA should increase the performance in future applications.
The performance of the Core i5-4200U is similar to the old and slightly higher clocked Core i5-3337U. However, when using new instruction sets such as AVX2 the performance can be significantly better. Thus, the CPU has sufficient power for office and multimedia purposes as well as more demanding applications.
The integrated HD Graphics 4400 offers 20 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 200 - 1000 MHz with Turbo Boost, making it somewhat faster than the former HD Graphics 4000 at similar clock speeds. However, the HD 4400 is significantly slower than the HD 5000 found on a number of other ULV models.
The i5-4200U is rated at a TDP of 15 W including the graphics card, memory controller, VRMs and the integrated chipset. Therefore, the CPU is suited for small ultrabooks 11-inches or greater.
Intel Core i5-4210U
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The Intel Core i5-4210U is an ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core processor for ultrabooks launched in Q2 2014. It is based on the Haswell architecture and is manufactured in 22nm. Due to Hyper-Threading, the two cores can handle up to four threads in parallel, leading to better utilization of the CPU. Each core offers a base speed of 1.7 GHz, but can dynamically increase clock rates with Turbo Boost up to 2.7 GHz for 1 active core or 2.4 GHz for 2 active cores. That's exactly 100 MHz more than the i5-4200U.
Architecture
Haswell is the successor to the Ivy Bridge architecture with improvements on both GPU and CPU performance. The CPUs are produced in 22nm and offer an optimized branch prediction as well as additional execution ports, improving performance per clock by almost 10 percent. Furthermore, new features like AVX2 and FMA should increase the performance in future applications.
Performance
The performance of the Core i5-4210U is similar to the old and slightly higher clocked Core i5-3427U. However, when using new instruction sets such as AVX2 the performance can be significantly better. Thus, the CPU has sufficient power for office and multimedia purposes as well as more demanding applications.
Graphics
The integrated HD Graphics 4400 offers 20 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 200 - 1000 MHz with Turbo Boost, making it somewhat faster than the former HD Graphics 4000 at similar clock speeds. However, the HD 4400 is slightly slower than the HD 5000 found on a number of other ULV models.
Power Consumption
The i5-4210U is rated at a TDP of 15 W including the graphics card, memory controller, VRMs and the integrated chipset. Therefore, the CPU is suited for small ultrabooks 11-inches or greater.
| Intel Core i5-4200U | Intel Core i5-4210U |
| Intel Core i5 | Intel Core i5 |
| Haswell | Haswell |
Series: Core i5 Haswell | | |
| 1600 - 2600 MHz | 1700 - 2700 MHz |
| 128 KB | 128 KB |
| 512 KB | 512 KB |
| 3 MB | 3 MB |
| 2 / 4 | 2 / 4 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 22 | 22 |
| 100 °C | 100 °C |
| HD Graphics 4400 (200 - 1000 MHz), DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI | HD Graphics 4400 (200 - 1000 MHz), DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI |
iGPU | Intel HD Graphics 4400 (200 - 1000 MHz) | Intel HD Graphics 4400 (200 - 1000 MHz) |
| | |
Architecture | x86 | x86 |
| | |
| | |
| Intel Core i5 4200U | Intel Core i5 4210U |
| | BGA |
| | $281 U.S. |
Benchmarks
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 201 avg: 227 median: 229 (5%) max: 232 Points
min: 215 avg: 234 median: 237 (5%) max: 243 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 44 avg: 96.7 median: 99 (36%) max: 102 Points
min: 82 avg: 99.3 median: 102 (38%) max: 106 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1.84 avg: 2.4 median: 2.5 (5%) max: 2.52 Points
min: 2.11 avg: 2.5 median: 2.6 (5%) max: 2.62 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 0.7 avg: 1.1 median: 1.1 (36%) max: 1.16 Points
min: 0.89 avg: 1.1 median: 1.2 (37%) max: 1.2 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 3165 avg: 3672 median: 3725 (33%) max: 3838
min: 3191 avg: 3809 median: 3843 (34%) max: 3992
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 4308 avg: 7436 median: 7636 (13%) max: 7796
min: 6763 avg: 7689 median: 7799 (13%) max: 8073
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 7035 avg: 9644 median: 9865 (9%) max: 10104 Points
min: 7554 avg: 9880 median: 10185.5 (10%) max: 10445 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 4615 avg: 4902 median: 4951 (37%) max: 5093 Points
min: 3812 avg: 4993 median: 5114.5 (39%) max: 5178 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 658.243 avg: 735 median: 721.1 (9%) max: 1147.08 s
min: 632.657 avg: 688 median: 674.8 (8%) max: 878.648 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 20.703 avg: 22.6 median: 22.7 (5%) max: 25.4 s
min: 19.875 avg: 22.2 median: 21.2 (4%) max: 28.42 s
min: 1900 avg: 2481 median: 2254.5 (14%) max: 3420
min: 2229 avg: 2309 median: 2318 (15%) max: 2372
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 5.13 avg: 13.2 median: 14.5 (7%) max: 14.82 fps
min: 14 avg: 15 median: 15.1 (7%) max: 15.31 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 23.41 avg: 70.1 median: 77.5 (23%) max: 79.28 fps
min: 72 avg: 79.4 median: 79.8 (24%) max: 81.89 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.0408 avg: 0.1 median: 0.1 (5%) max: 0.187 GB/s
min: 0.125 avg: 0.1 median: 0.1 (5%) max: 0.128 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.0749 avg: 0.2 median: 0.2 (6%) max: 0.224 GB/s
min: 0.219 avg: 0.2 median: 0.2 (6%) max: 0.228 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 0.482 avg: 1.3 median: 1.4 (5%) max: 1.4 GB/s
1.4 GB/s (5%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 2156 avg: 2990 median: 3053 (17%) max: 3214 Points
min: 2808 avg: 3150 median: 3200 (18%) max: 3229 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 14 avg: 14.8 median: 15 (3%) max: 16.047 s
min: 13.924 avg: 14.6 median: 14.5 (3%) max: 16.75 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 32 avg: 33.5 median: 33.1 (1%) max: 37 s
min: 31.422 avg: 32.8 median: 32.5 (1%) max: 37.11 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 722 avg: 751 median: 746.7 (3%) max: 849 s
min: 702.54 avg: 730 median: 724.1 (3%) max: 808.93 s
SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) - SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)
min: 34390 avg: 44171 median: 40330 (19%) max: 52430 MIPS
42270 MIPS (20%)
SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) - SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)
min: 26378 avg: 29095 median: 29465 (23%) max: 31100 MFLOPS
31000 MFLOPS (24%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 CPU
min: 6.1 avg: 6.6 median: 6.9 (88%) max: 6.9 Points
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 3731 avg: 8051 median: 8243 (10%) max: 8518 Points
min: 8067 avg: 8492 median: 8585 (10%) max: 8714 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 2272 avg: 3063 median: 3122 (13%) max: 3423 Points
min: 619 avg: 3092 median: 3181 (13%) max: 3423 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 12750 avg: 25827 median: 26909 (17%) max: 28956 Points
min: 92.52 avg: 26482 median: 27728.5 (18%) max: 29898 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
27044 Points (29%)
min: 24564 avg: 26681 median: 26680.5 (28%) max: 28797 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
29464 Points (30%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 1150 avg: 2296 median: 2362 (6%) max: 2450 Points
min: 7.91 avg: 2375 median: 2462 (6%) max: 2547 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 399 avg: 3177 median: 3314 (8%) max: 3410 Points
min: 2225 avg: 3430 median: 3463 (9%) max: 3593 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
min: 5293 avg: 6578 median: 7059 (57%) max: 7382 Points
min: 7409 avg: 7453 median: 7453 (60%) max: 7497 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 5053 avg: 5906 median: 6170 (56%) max: 6496 Points
min: 6368 avg: 6437 median: 6436.5 (58%) max: 6505 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 5403 avg: 5437 median: 5420 (11%) max: 5487 Points
min: 5668 avg: 5688 median: 5687.5 (11%) max: 5707 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 4815 avg: 4868 median: 4871 (10%) max: 4917 Points
min: 5067 avg: 5097 median: 5097 (10%) max: 5127 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 5122 avg: 5445 median: 5535 (14%) max: 5678 Points
min: 5771 avg: 5807 median: 5806.5 (15%) max: 5842 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 4430 avg: 4483 median: 4479 (8%) max: 4533
min: 4595 avg: 4716 median: 4653 (8%) max: 4993
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 2291 avg: 2315 median: 2305 (47%) max: 2351
min: 2333 avg: 2425 median: 2391 (49%) max: 2606
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 1806 avg: 2586 median: 2750 (5%) max: 3202 ms
min: 1608.8 avg: 2316 median: 2617.5 (4%) max: 2823 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 120 avg: 167 median: 165.5 (2%) max: 216 ms
min: 111 avg: 147 median: 122 (1%) max: 209.6 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 11892 avg: 14739 median: 11905 (19%) max: 20419 Points
min: 10986 avg: 13243 median: 12144 (19%) max: 22007 Points
Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-4200U → 100% n=38
Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-4210U → 103% n=38
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