Intel Core i5-4210U vs Intel Core M-5Y71. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 4000U Intel Core M 5
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core M
• Generation
  4 5
• 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
  1.7 GHz 1.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.7 GHz 2.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  2.35 GHz 2.2 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 11.2
• Execution units
  20 24
• Generation
  7.5 8
• GPU Frequency
  200 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4400 Intel HD Graphics 5300
• GPU Turbo
  1000 MHz 900 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 16 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q3/2014
• Shader
  160 192
• Technology
  22 nm 14 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 Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core M-5Y71 and Intel Core i5-4210U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  12 12
• PCIe version
  2.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-4210U and Intel Core M-5Y71 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 4.5 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-4210U and Intel Core M-5Y71, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Haswell U Broadwell Y
• 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 MB 4 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q4/2014
• Socket
  BGA 1168 BGA 1234
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d