Intel Core i3-4000M vs Intel Core i5-4200M

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-4200M

Price

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$ 58.11

$ 519.89 significantly less expensive

$ 578.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

915 points

1121 points

22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1829 points

2225 points

21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

674 points

833 points

23% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

646 points

799 points

23% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.93 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

18.84 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1400 points

1625 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

698 points

849 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1447 points

1716 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

720 points

876 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

2.5 GHz

4% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

37 W

Identical

37 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

Identical

32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

977th of 1,089

918th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-4000M vs Core i5-4200M benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4200M beats the Core i3-4000M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4000M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4200M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-4000M. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-4000M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.