Intel Core i5-4200U vs Intel Core i5-3450

Intel Core i5-4200U
Intel BGA1168MOBILE
1600 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2013
Intel Core i5-4200U
Intel Core i5-3450
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2012
Intel Core i5-3450

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i5-4200U
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3450
    170%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-4200U
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3450
    129%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i5-4200U
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-3450
    211%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-4200U

62 watts lower power draw.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3450

Much higher single threaded performance (around 29% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 111% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 70% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-3450

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-3450

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-3450

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-3450

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-4200UIntel Core i5-3450
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
VT-x
VT-d
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI

Architecture

Intel Core i5-4200UIntel Core i5-3450
ArchitectureIntel_HaswellvsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketMobilevsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameHaswellvsIvy Bridge
Release DateJun 2013vsApr 2012

Cores

Intel Core i5-4200UIntel Core i5-3450
Cores2vs4
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 4400vsIntel HD 2500

Cache

Intel Core i5-4200UIntel Core i5-3450
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache3072 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-4200UIntel Core i5-3450
SocketIntel BGA1168vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs67°C
PackageFC-BGA1168vsFC-LGA12C
Die Size118mm²vs160mm²
Process22 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-4200UIntel Core i5-3450
Cpu Frequency1600 MHzvs3100 MHz
Turbo Clock2600 MHzvs3500 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP15 Wvs77 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-4200U
    2912 points
  • Intel Core i5-3450
    3605 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-4200U
    3584 points
  • Intel Core i5-3450
    12772 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-4200U
    4223
  • Intel Core i5-3450
    9067

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-4200U
    2455
  • Intel Core i5-3450
    3113

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • Intel Core i5-4200U
    4728
  • Intel Core i5-3450
    9851

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • Intel Core i5-4200U
    2178
  • Intel Core i5-3450
    2875

points - higher is better