Intel Core i5-4210M vs Intel Core i5-4210U. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 4000M/4000H Intel Core i 4000U
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
• Generation
  4 4
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.6 GHz 1.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.2 GHz 2.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo 2.35 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11.1 11.1
• Execution units
  20 20
• Generation
  7.5 7.5
• GPU Frequency
  400 MHz 200 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4600 Intel HD Graphics 4400
• GPU Turbo
  1150 MHz 1000 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q2/2013
• Shader
  160 160
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-4210U and Intel Core i5-4210M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  16 12
• PCIe version
  3.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-4210M and Intel Core i5-4210U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  37 W 15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-4210M and Intel Core i5-4210U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Haswell H Haswell U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q2/2014
• Socket
  PGA 946 BGA 1168
• Technology
  22 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d