Intel Core i5-3210M vs Intel Core i5-4200M

Core i5-3210M vs Core i5-4200M specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4200M beats the Core i5-3210M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3210M in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Both the Core i5-3210M and Core i5-4200M have the same clock speed. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i5-3210M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4200M CPU because of its slightly 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 i5-3210M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.