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Intel Core i5-4250U vs Intel Core i5-4308U vs Intel Core i5-4402E

Intel Core i5-4250U

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The Intel Core i5-4250U 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 1.3 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 i5-4250U 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 5000 offers 40 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 200 - 1000 MHz with Turbo Boost, making it significantly faster than the HD Graphics 4000. As a result, the HD 5000 competes with dedicated lower mid-range graphics cards.

The i5-4250U 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 i5-4308U

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The Intel Core i5-4308U is a LV (low voltage) dual-core processor for large ultrabooks launched in Q3 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 2.8 GHz, but can dynamically increase clock rates with Turbo Boost up to 3.3 GHz.

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 the performance per clock by almost 10 percent. Furthermore, new features like AVX2 and FMA should increase the performance in future applications.

Performance

Due to these architectural improvements, the performance is slightly above a similarly clocked Ivy Bridge CPU. Therefore, the Core i5-4308U is almost as fast as the older i7-3540M. 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 Iris Graphics 5100 offers 40 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 200 - 1200 MHz with Turbo Boost, making it significantly faster than the HD Graphics 4000. As a result, the Iris Graphics competes with dedicated lower mid-range graphics cards (e.g. GeForce GT 720M). However, even fast dual-channel memory limits the performance.

Power Consumption

The i5-4308U is rated at a TDP of 28 W including the graphics card, memory controller, VRMs and the integrated chipset. Therefore, the CPU is suited for larger, well-cooled ultrabooks.

Intel Core i5-4402E

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The Intel Core i5-4402E is a dual-core processor for embedded systems launched in mid-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 2.7 GHz for 1 active core. The memory controller supports ECC.

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 the 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 i5-4402E is similar to the consumer model Core i5-4200U with slighty lower clock rates.

The integrated graphics card offers 20 Execution Units (EUs), which represents the GT2 version of the Haswell GPU. Technically, the GPU is the same Intel HD Graphics 4600 found on other Core i5 CPUs, but the clock rate of 400 - 900 MHz is noticeably lower.

The i5-4402E is rated at a TDP of 25 W including the graphics card, memory controller and VRMs.

ModelIntel Core i5-4250UIntel Core i5-4308UIntel Core i5-4402E
SeriesIntel Core i5Intel Core i5Intel Core i5
CodenameHaswellHaswellHaswell
Series: Core i5 Haswell
Intel Core i5-4340M2.9 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4210H2.9 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4330M2.8 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4200H2.8 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4308U2.8 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4310M2.7 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4400E2.7 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4300M2.6 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4210M2.6 - 3.2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4288U2.6 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4278U2.6 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4200M2.5 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4258U2.4 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4310U2 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4360U1.5 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4300U1.9 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4350U1.4 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4210U1.7 - 2.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4260U1.4 - 2.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4402E1.6 - 2.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4200U1.6 - 2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4250U « 1.3 - 2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4300Y1.6 - 2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4302Y1.6 - 2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4202Y1.6 - 2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4220Y1.6 - 2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4210Y1.5 - 1.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4200Y1.4 - 1.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4340M2.9 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4210H2.9 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4330M2.8 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4200H2.8 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4308U « 2.8 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4310M2.7 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4400E2.7 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4300M2.6 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4210M2.6 - 3.2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4288U2.6 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4278U2.6 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4200M2.5 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4258U2.4 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4310U2 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4360U1.5 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4300U1.9 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4350U1.4 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4210U1.7 - 2.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4260U1.4 - 2.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4402E1.6 - 2.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4200U1.6 - 2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4250U1.3 - 2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4300Y1.6 - 2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4302Y1.6 - 2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4202Y1.6 - 2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4220Y1.6 - 2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4210Y1.5 - 1.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4200Y1.4 - 1.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4340M2.9 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4210H2.9 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4330M2.8 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4200H2.8 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4308U2.8 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4310M2.7 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4400E2.7 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4300M2.6 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4210M2.6 - 3.2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4288U2.6 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4278U2.6 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4200M2.5 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4258U2.4 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4310U2 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4360U1.5 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4300U1.9 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4350U1.4 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4210U1.7 - 2.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4260U1.4 - 2.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4402E « 1.6 - 2.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4200U1.6 - 2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4250U1.3 - 2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4300Y1.6 - 2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4302Y1.6 - 2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4202Y1.6 - 2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4220Y1.6 - 2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4210Y1.5 - 1.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4200Y1.4 - 1.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Clock1300 - 2600 MHz2800 - 3300 MHz1600 - 2700 MHz
L1 Cache128 KB128 KB128 KB
L2 Cache512 KB512 KB512 KB
L3 Cache3 MB3 MB3 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 42 / 4
TDP15 Watt28 Watt25 Watt
Transistors1300 Million1300 Million960 Million
Technology22 nm22 nm22 nm
Die Size181 mm2181 mm2130 mm2
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C100 °C
FeaturesHD Graphics 5000 (200 - 1000 MHz), DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NIIris Graphics 5100 (200 - 1200 MHz), DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NIHaswell GT2-GPU (400 - 900 MHz), DDR3(L)-1600 ECC Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, AES, Trusted Execution, Quick Sync, Virtualization
iGPUIntel HD Graphics 5000 (200 - 1000 MHz)Intel Iris Graphics 5100 (200 - 1200 MHz)Intel HD Graphics 4600 (400 - 900 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.comark.intel.com
SocketFCBGAFCBGA1364
$315 U.S.$266 U.S.

Benchmarks

Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 4250U +
min: 2.44     avg: 2.5     median: 2.5 (3%)     max: 2.5 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
1 4250U +
min: 1.1     avg: 1.1     median: 1.1 (28%)     max: 1.13 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
100%
1 4250U +
min: 3667     avg: 3680     median: 3679.5 (22%)     max: 3692 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
100%
1 4250U +
min: 7659     avg: 7693     median: 7692.5 (6%)     max: 7726 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
100%
1 4250U +
min: 8491     avg: 9284     median: 9283.5 (6%)     max: 10076 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
100%
1 4250U +
min: 4197     avg: 4529     median: 4529 (6%)     max: 4861 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
100%
1 4250U +
min: 659     avg: 688     median: 688 (8%)     max: 717 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
100%
1 4250U +
min: 21.14     avg: 21.9     median: 21.9 (4%)     max: 22.6 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
100%
1 4250U +
min: 2133     avg: 2137     median: 2136.5 (3%)     max: 2140 Points
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
100%
1 4250U +
14.6 fps (5%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
100%
1 4250U +
77.8 fps (18%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
100%
1 4250U +
0.1 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
100%
1 4250U +
min: 0.206     avg: 0.2     median: 0.2 (4%)     max: 0.218 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
100%
1 4250U +
1.4 GB/s (4%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
100%
1 4250U +
min: 3005     avg: 3024     median: 3024 (6%)     max: 3043 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
100%
1 4250U +
min: 15     avg: 15.2     median: 15.2 (3%)     max: 15.4 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
100%
1 4250U +
min: 34.96     avg: 35     median: 35 (1%)     max: 35 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
100%
1 4250U +
min: 772     avg: 773     median: 772.5 (3%)     max: 773 s
SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) - SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)
100%
1 4250U +
min: 40880     avg: 46750     median: 46750 (22%)     max: 52620 MIPS
SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) - SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)
100%
1 4250U +
min: 28200     avg: 28210     median: 28210 (22%)     max: 28220 MFLOPS
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 CPU
100%
1 4250U +
6.9 Points (88%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
100%
1 4250U +
min: 8256     avg: 8328     median: 8327.5 (7%)     max: 8399 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
100%
1 4250U +
min: 3294     avg: 3302     median: 3301.5 (9%)     max: 3309 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 4250U +
min: 25644     avg: 26128     median: 26127.5 (21%)     max: 26611 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
100%
1 4250U +
min: 2385     avg: 2396     median: 2396 (6%)     max: 2407 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
100%
1 4250U +
min: 3337     avg: 3340     median: 3339.5 (6%)     max: 3342 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 4250U +
min: 5768     avg: 5804     median: 5804 (47%)     max: 5840 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 4250U +
min: 5713     avg: 5730     median: 5729.5 (52%)     max: 5746 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 4250U +
min: 8108     avg: 8112     median: 8111.5 (16%)     max: 8115 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 4250U +
min: 4147     avg: 4212     median: 4211.5 (8%)     max: 4276 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 4250U +
min: 6015     avg: 6039     median: 6039 (16%)     max: 6063 Points

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