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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.
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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.
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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 Higher is better |
Operating frequency Higher is better |
On-chip L2 + L3 cache Higher is better |
Thermal Design Power 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 |
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General recommendations: Clocked higher
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General recommendations: Supports AVX2 / FMA3 instructions, Much lower power consumption
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Drawbacks: Lacks some instructions, Needs considerably more power
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Drawbacks: Has lower operating frequency
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Similar processors
| Core i5-3230M (BGA) | | Core i5-4200U |
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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 segment | Mobile |
| Manufacturer | Intel |
| Family | Core i5 Mobile |
| Basic details |
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| Model number | i5-3230M | i5-4200U |
| CPU part number | AV8063801110901 | CL8064701477702 |
| Introduction date | January 20, 2013 | June 2, 2013 |
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| CPU features |
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| Core name | Ivy Bridge | Haswell |
| Platform name | | Shark Bay |
| Microarchitecture | Ivy Bridge | Haswell |
| Technology (micron) | 0.022 |
| Data width (bits) | 64 |
| Socket | BGA1023 | BGA1168 |
| Frequency (MHz) | 2600 | 1600 |
| Turbo Frequency (MHz) | 3200 / 3000 | 2600 |
| Clock Multiplier | 26 | 16 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (code) / 64 KB (data) |
| L2 cache (KB) | 512 |
| L3 cache (KB) | 3072 |
| Max temperature (°C) | 105 | 100 |
| TDP (Watt) | 35 | 15 |
| Cores | 2 |
| Threads | 4 |
| Multiprocessing | 1 |
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| Instruction set extensions |
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| 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 | + |
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| Supported technologies |
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| Hyper-Threading | + |
| PowerNow! / Enhanced SpeedStep | + |
| Turbo Core / Turbo Boost | + |
| Virtualization | + |
| Virus Protection / Execute Disable bit | + |
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| Integrated Graphics |
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| GPU Type | HD 4000 | HD 4400 |
| Base frequency (MHz) | 650 | 200 |
| Maximum frequency (MHz) | 1100 | 1000 |
| The number of supported displays | 3 |
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| Integrated Memory Controller(s) |
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| The number of controllers | 1 |
| Memory channels | 2 |
| Supported memory | DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600, DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600, DDR3L-RS 1333, DDR3L-RS 1600 | DDR3L-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.
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CPUID 1 |
CPUID 2 |
| Manufacturer | Intel |
| CPU Family | Core i5 Mobile |
| Model / Processor Number | i5-3230M | i5-4200U |
| Frequency | 2594 MHz | 2294 MHz |
| CWID version | 0.5 |
| Part number (supplied) | AV8063801110901 | CL8064701477702 |
| Part number (guessed) | AV8063801110901 / AW8063801208001 | CL8064701477702 |
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| General information |
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| Vendor | GenuineIntel |
| Processor name (BIOS) | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3230M CPU @ 2.60GHz | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4200U CPU @ 1.60GHz |
| Cores | 2 |
| Logical processors | 4 |
| Processor type | Original OEM Processor |
| CPUID signature | 306A9 | 40651 |
| Family | 6 (06h) |
| Model | 58 (03Ah) | 69 (045h) |
| Stepping | 9 (09h) | 1 (01h) |
| TLB/Cache details | 64-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 |
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| Cache |
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| L1 data: Associativity | 8-way set associative |
| L1 data: Comments | Direct-mapped |
| L1 data: Line size | 64 bytes |
| L1 data: Size | 2 x 32 KB |
| L1 instruction: Associativity | 8-way set associative |
| L1 instruction: Comments | Direct-mapped |
| L1 instruction: Line size | 64 bytes |
| L1 instruction: Size | 2 x 32 KB |
| L2: Associativity | 8-way set associative |
| L2: Comments | Non-inclusive|Direct-mapped |
| L2: Line size | 64 bytes |
| L2: Size | 2 x 256 KB |
| L3: Associativity | 12-way set associative |
| L3: Comments | Inclusive|Shared between all cores |
| L3: Line size | 64 bytes |
| L3: Size | 3 MB |
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| Instruction set extensions |
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| AES | - | + |
| AVX | + |
| AVX2 | - | + |
| BMI1 | - | + |
| BMI2 | - | + |
| F16C | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| MMX | + |
| SSE | + |
| SSE2 | + |
| SSE3 | + |
| SSE4.1 | + |
| SSE4.2 | + |
| SSSE3 | + |
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| Additional instructions |
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| 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 | + |
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| Major features |
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| 64-bit / Intel 64 | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep | + |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + |
| Intel Virtualization | + |
| NX bit/XD-bit | + |
| On-chip Floating Point Unit | + |
| Turbo Boost | + |
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| Other features |
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| 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
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