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Intel Core i5-4200M vs Intel Core i7-975

Last updated: 2026-05-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-4200M

Rank 2 - 74 %

Intel Core i7-975

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 71 %

Intel Core i5-4200M

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-975

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

918

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

635

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

1,872

4C / 8T · 3.33 GHz

2,225

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

770

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

607

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

1,627

4C / 8T · 3.33 GHz

2,460

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz

809

4C / 8T · 3.33 GHz

1,598

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-4200M	Intel Core i7-975
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)
CPU group	Intel Core i 4000M/4000H (38)	Intel Core i7 900 (7)
Architecture	Haswell H	Bloomfield
Technology	22 nm	45 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket	PGA 946	LGA 1366
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-4200M	Intel Core i7-975
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	4x
Frequency:	2.50 GHz	3.33 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.10 GHz	3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.10 GHz
L2-Cache		1.00 MB
L3-Cache	3.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-4200M	Intel Core i7-975
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 4600	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.40 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	20 / 160	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
Technology	22 nm
Release date	Q2/2013

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-4200M	Intel Core i7-975
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-4200M	Intel Core i7-975
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	24 GB
Memory channels	2	3
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-4200M	Intel Core i7-975
TDP	37 W	130 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-4200M	Intel Core i7-975
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date	Q4/2013	Q4/2008
Release price		1059 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i5-4200M is 3.8 stars (18 ratings), while Intel Core i7-975 has received 4.7 stars (3 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i5-4200M
2C / 4T · 2.50 - 3.10 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-975
4C / 8T · 3.33 - 3.60 GHz

★★★★★