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

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

915 points

1% slightly better overall score

903 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1829 points

3% slightly better gaming score

1763 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

674 points

678 points

0.59% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

646 points

654 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.93 points

34% slightly higher Blender score

14.77 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1400 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1358 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

698 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

691 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1447 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1401 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

720 points

732 points

1% 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

49% significantly higher clock speed

1.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

37 W

15 W

146% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

977th of 1,089

984th 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

2013 August

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 i5-4200U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-4200U performs better than the Core i3-4000M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4000M in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4000M has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4200U. The Core i5-4200U outputs less heat than Core i3-4000M thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-4000M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.