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Intel Core i5-3230M (BGA) vs i5-4200U

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Intel Core i5-3230M (BGA) advantages

  • Operating frequency of the Intel i5-3230M microprocessor is higher than the frequency of the Core i5-4200U.

Intel Core i5-4200U advantages

  • This CPU uses more efficient Haswell core, which offers 6% on average better performance than similar clocked Ivy Bridge microprocessors.
  • The microprocessor incorporates AVX2 and FMA3 instructions. These extensions are not widely used by applications yet, but their support should improve in future programs.
  • The processor is 57% more energy efficient.

i5-3230M vs i5-4200U specifications comparison

The charts below compare the most important characteristics of the Intel Core i5-4200U and Intel Core i5-3230M processors. These features, together with an IPC (instructions per cycle) number, determine how well a CPU performs. The "Number of cores / threads" graph shows the number of cores (darker area). Lighter area on the graph corresponds to the number of extra threads, offered by Hyper-Threading technology. The "Operating frequency" chart uses dark color to represent base frequency, while lighter area is for additional frequency, provided by Turbo feature. Darker area on the "On-chip cache" graph is for the On-chip L2 cache. Lighter area is for the L3 cache cache. Although the L3 cache cache is usually larger than the On-chip L2 cache, it is always slower.

The number of cores / threads
5
4
3
2
1
0
 
 
4
 
4
 
 
Higher is better
Operating frequency
4
3.2
2.4
1.6
0.8
0
 
 
3.2GHz
 
2.6GHz
 
 
Higher is better
On-chip L2 + L3 cache
4000
3200
2400
1600
800
0
 
 
3584KB
 
3584KB
 
 
Higher is better
Thermal Design Power
40
32
24
16
8
0
 
 
35W
 
15W
 
 
Lower is better

  - Intel Core i5-3230M (BGA)       - Intel Core i5-4200U

Detailed side by side comparison of i5-3230M vs Intel i5-4200U specs can be found in the "Specifications" tab. Even more detailed comparison of internal features of both CPUs is located in the "CPUIDs" tab.


Pros and Cons summary

Core i5-3230M (BGA) Core i5-4200U
General recommendations:
Clocked higher
  General recommendations:
Supports AVX2 / FMA3 instructions,
Much lower power consumption

Drawbacks:

Lacks some instructions,
Needs considerably more power
 

Drawbacks:

Has lower operating frequency

Similar processors

Core i5-3230M (BGA) Core i5-4200U
 

Similar processors use the same socket and architecture as i5-3230M and i5-4200U, however their performance and other characteristics are a bit different.

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Specifications

Please visit Intel Core i5-3230M (BGA) and Intel Core i5-4200U pages for more detailed specifications of both microprocessors.

 Intel Core i5-3230M (BGA)Intel Core i5-4200U
Market segmentMobile
ManufacturerIntel
FamilyCore i5 Mobile
Basic details
Model numberi5-3230Mi5-4200U
CPU part numberAV8063801110901CL8064701477702
Introduction dateJanuary 20, 2013June 2, 2013
 
CPU features
Core nameIvy BridgeHaswell
Platform name Shark Bay
MicroarchitectureIvy BridgeHaswell
Technology (micron)0.022
Data width (bits)64
SocketBGA1023BGA1168
Frequency (MHz)26001600
Turbo Frequency (MHz)3200 / 30002600
Clock Multiplier2616
L1 cache64 KB (code) / 64 KB (data)
L2 cache (KB)512
L3 cache (KB)3072
Max temperature (°C)105100
TDP (Watt)3515
Cores2
Threads4
Multiprocessing1
 
Instruction set extensions
AES / Advanced Encryption Standard+
AMD64 / EM64T 64-bit technology+
AVX / Advanced Vector Extensions+
AVX2 / Advanced Vector Extensions 2-+
F16C / 16-bit Floating-Point conversion+
FMA3 / 3-operand Fused Multiply-Add-+
MMX+
SSE+
SSE2+
SSE3+
SSE4.1+
SSE4.2+
SSSE3 / Supplemental SSE3+
 
Supported technologies
Hyper-Threading+
PowerNow! / Enhanced SpeedStep+
Turbo Core / Turbo Boost+
Virtualization+
Virus Protection / Execute Disable bit+
 
Integrated Graphics
GPU TypeHD 4000HD 4400
Base frequency (MHz)650200
Maximum frequency (MHz)11001000
The number of supported displays3
 
Integrated Memory Controller(s)
The number of controllers1
Memory channels2
Supported memoryDDR3-1333, DDR3-1600, DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600, DDR3L-RS 1333, DDR3L-RS 1600DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600, LPDDR3-1333, LPDDR3-1600
Maximum memory bandwidth (GB/s)25.6
Notes:

Rows with different specifications or features are highlighted.

For detailed specifications of "Intel Core i5-3230M (BGA)" or "Intel Core i5-4200U" parts please click on the links in the table header.

CPUIDs

The table below compares two random CPUID records for Intel Core i5-3230M and Intel Core i5-4200U microprocessors, that were submitted to our CPUID database. Please note that different steppings of Intel processors, identified by S-spec numbers or CPUID, may have slightly different features. For that reason the comparison table below only applies to CPUs with specific S-Spec number / CPUID.

  CPUID 1 CPUID 2
ManufacturerIntel
CPU FamilyCore i5 Mobile
Model / Processor Numberi5-3230Mi5-4200U
Frequency2594 MHz2294 MHz
CWID version0.5
Part number (supplied)AV8063801110901CL8064701477702
Part number (guessed)AV8063801110901 /
AW8063801208001
CL8064701477702
 
General information
VendorGenuineIntel
Processor name (BIOS) Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3230M CPU @ 2.60GHzIntel(R) Core(TM) i5-4200U CPU @ 1.60GHz
Cores2
Logical processors4
Processor typeOriginal OEM Processor
CPUID signature306A940651
Family 6 (06h)
Model58 (03Ah)69 (045h)
Stepping 9 (09h) 1 (01h)
TLB/Cache details64-byte Prefetching
Data TLB0: 2-MB or 4-MB pages, 4-way set associative, 32 entries
Data TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries
Instruction TLB: 4-KB pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries
L2 TLB: 1-MB, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Shared 2nd-level TLB: 4 KB pages, 4-way set associative, 512 entries
64-byte Prefetching
Data TLB: 1-GB pages, 4-way set associative, 4 entries
Data TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries
L2 TLB: 1-MB, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
 
Cache
L1 data: Associativity8-way set associative
L1 data: CommentsDirect-mapped
L1 data: Line size64 bytes
L1 data: Size2 x 32 KB
L1 instruction: Associativity8-way set associative
L1 instruction: CommentsDirect-mapped
L1 instruction: Line size64 bytes
L1 instruction: Size2 x 32 KB
L2: Associativity8-way set associative
L2: CommentsNon-inclusive|Direct-mapped
L2: Line size64 bytes
L2: Size2 x 256 KB
L3: Associativity12-way set associative
L3: CommentsInclusive|Shared between all cores
L3: Line size64 bytes
L3: Size3 MB
 
Instruction set extensions
AES-+
AVX+
AVX2-+
BMI1-+
BMI2-+
F16C+
FMA-+
MMX+
SSE+
SSE2+
SSE3+
SSE4.1+
SSE4.2+
SSSE3+
 
Additional instructions
Advanced Bit manipulation-+
CLFLUSH+
CMOV+
CMPXCHG16B+
CMPXCHG8B+
Enhanced REP MOVSB/STOSB+
FXSAVE/FXRSTORE+
INVPCID-+
MONITOR/MWAIT+
MOVBE-+
PCLMULDQ+
POPCNT+
RD/WR FSGSBASE instructions+
RDRAND+
RDTSCP+
SYSENTER/SYSEXIT+
XSAVE/XRESTORE states+
XSETBV/XGETBV are enabled+
 
Major features
64-bit / Intel 64+
Enhanced SpeedStep+
Hyper-Threading Technology+
Intel Virtualization+
NX bit/XD-bit+
On-chip Floating Point Unit+
Turbo Boost+
 
Other features
1 GB large page support-+
36-bit page-size extensions+
64-bit debug store+
Advanced programmable interrupt controller+
CPL qualified debug store+
Debug store+
Debugging extensions+
Digital Thermal Sensor capability+
Extended xAPIC support+-
LAHF/SAHF support in 64-bit mode+
Machine check architecture+
Machine check exception+
Memory-type range registers+
Model-specific registers+
Page attribute table+
Page global extension+
Page-size extensions (4MB pages)+
Pending break enable+
Perfmon and Debug capability+
Physical address extensions+
Power Limit Notification capability+
Process context identifiers+
Self-snoop+
Supervisor Mode Execution Protection+
TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states+
Thermal monitor+
Thermal monitor 2+
Thermal monitor and software controlled clock facilities+
Time stamp counter+
Timestamp counter deadline+
Virtual 8086-mode enhancements+
xTPR Update Control+
+ - feature is supported
- - feature is not supported
Features, not supported by all processors in the table, are not displayed

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