Intel Core i5-3340M vs Intel Core i5-4210H

Compare Intel Core 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

1242 points
1272 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2524 points
2% slightly better gaming score
2473 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

914 points
954 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

877 points
916 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1118 points
1741 points
55% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

554 points
885 points
59% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1053 points
1912 points
81% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

525 points
1007 points
91% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
2.9 GHz
7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
3.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
34% slightly lower TDP
47 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
Identical
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

888th of 1,089
877th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 February
2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-3340M vs Core i5-4210H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-3340M beats the Core i5-4210H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4210H 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 i5-4210H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3340M. Also, the Core i5-4210H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-3340M CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-4210H CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-3340M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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