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Intel Core i5-4300U vs Intel Core i7-2600

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 99 %
Intel Core i5-4300U
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-2600
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 55 %
Intel Core i5-4300U
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-2600
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-4300U
2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz
819
Intel Core i7-2600
4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz
659
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-4300U
2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz
1,722
Intel Core i7-2600
4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz
2,169
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-4300U
2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz
607
Intel Core i7-2600
4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz
772
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-4300U
2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz
1,433
Intel Core i7-2600
4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz
2,874
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i5-4300U
Intel HD Graphics 4400
352
Intel Core i7-2600
Intel HD Graphics 2000
130
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-4300U
2C / 4T · 1.90 GHz
697
Intel Core i7-2600
4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz
1,658

More benchmarks

At a glance

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FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupIntel Core i 4000U (26)Intel Core i 2000 (28)
ArchitectureHaswell USandy Bridge S
Technology22 nm32 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1168LGA 1155
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i5-5300U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads2 / 44 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 4x
Frequency: 1.90 GHz 3.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 2.90 GHz 3.80 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 2.90 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache3.00 MB8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 4400Intel HD Graphics 2000
GPU frequency0.20 - 1.10 GHz0.85 - 1.35 GHz
CUs / Shader20 / 1606 / 48
Raytracing
Max. displays32
Max. GPU Memory2 GB2 GB
Technology22 nm32 nm
Release dateQ2/2013Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryDDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 122.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth6.0 GB/s8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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TDP15 W95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release dateQ3/2013Q1/2011
Release price270 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-4300U
Intel Core i5-4300U
2C / 4T · 1.90 - 2.90 GHz
Intel Core i7-2600
Intel Core i7-2600
4C / 8T · 3.40 - 3.80 GHz

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