Intel Core m3-8100Y vs Intel Core i5-4200H. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Core i5
• Generation
  8 4
• CPU group
  Intel Core M 8 Intel Core i 4000M/4000H

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.10 GHz 2.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.40 GHz 3.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  No turbo No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 615 Intel HD Graphics 4600
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.90 GHz 1.15 GHz
• Execution units
  24 20
• Shader
  192 160
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9.5 7.5
• DirectX Version
  12 11.1
• Technology
  14 nm 22 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2018 Q2/2013

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-4200H and Intel Core m3-8100Y. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-1866 DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 32 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  10 16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core m3-8100Y and Intel Core i5-4200H to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  5 W 47 W
• TDP up
  8 W --
• TDP down
  4.5 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core m3-8100Y and Intel Core m3-8100Y, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Amber Lake Y Haswell H
• Technology
  14 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1515 BGA 1364
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q4/2013