Intel Core i5-4200M Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-12

The Intel Core i5-4200M is a 2 core processor. It can handle 4 threads simultaneously and was introduced in Q4/2013. The Intel Core i5-4200M is based on the 4. generation of the Intel Core i5 series and requires a mainboard with the socket PGA 946. The Intel Core i5-4200M scores 770 points with one CPU core in the Geekbench 5 benchmark. When using all CPU cores, the result is 1,627 points.

CPU lineage
Here you can see which group the Intel Core i5-4200M belongs to and which processor is the predecessor of the Intel Core i5-4200M.
Name:	Intel Core i5-4200M
Family:	Intel Core i5
CPU group:	Intel Core i 4000M/4000H
Architecture:	Haswell H
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	4
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 2 CPU cores of the Intel Core i5-4200M clock with 2.50 GHz (3.10 GHz). The number of CPU cores and the clock frequency of the processor are largely responsible for the overall performance.

CPU Cores / Threads:	2 / 4
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	2x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	2.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores):	3.10 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

With the Intel HD Graphics 4600, the Intel Core i5-4200M has an build in graphic solution. It has 20 SM processors, which have a total of 160 texture shaders. The iGPU not only enables games, but also significantly accelerates video playback.

GPU name:	Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU frequency:	0.40 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.15 GHz
Compute units:	20
Shader:	160
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	7.5
Direct X:	11.1
Technology:	22 nm
Release date:	Q2/2013

Hardware codec support

Processors that have an integrated graphics can play videos faster and more efficiently. This can have a positive effect on the battery life of notebooks, for example.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i5-4200M supports up to 32 GB memory in up to 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum memory bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s.

DDR3-1600	25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory:	32 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth:	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management With the TDP, the processor manufacturer specifies the cooling solution required for the processor. The Intel Core i5-4200M has a TDP of 37 W.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	37 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-4200M has a 3.00 MB large cache. The processor is manufactured in %%Manufacturing%%. Modern production increases the efficiency of the processor.

Technology:	22 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	PGA 946
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	3.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date:	Q4/2013
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i5-4200M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz (3.10 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-4200M have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 3 3250C 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	771
	Intel Core i5-4430 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	771
	Intel Core i7-3740QM 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	771
	Intel Core i5-4200M 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	770
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150C 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	770
	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	770
	Intel Core i5-3470 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	770

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 3 3200U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1632
	Intel Celeron J4125 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1632
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz	1629
	Intel Core i5-4200M 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1627
	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9700 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1624
	Intel Core i5-3470T 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	1621
	Intel Core i7-3520M 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1613

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD EPYC 7601 32C 64T @ 3.20 GHz	921
	Intel Core i5-7Y57 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	921
	Intel Core i3-6100H 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	920
	Intel Core i5-4200M 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	918
	Intel Core i5-4590T 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	917
	Intel Pentium Gold G6505 2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	916
	Intel Pentium Gold G6600 2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	916

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i7-5650U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1889
	Intel Core i3-6100H 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1885
	MediaTek Dimensity 800U 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1882
	Intel Core i5-4200M 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1872
	Intel Core i7-2760QM 4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1870
	Intel Core i5-4278U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1869
	Intel Core i5-6200U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1867

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD A8-5550M AMD Radeon HD 8550G @ 0.72 GHz	369
	AMD A8-5557M AMD Radeon HD 8550G @ 0.72 GHz	369
	AMD A8-6500T AMD Radeon HD 8550D @ 0.72 GHz	369
	Intel Core i5-4200M Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz	368
	Intel Core i3-4370T Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz	368
	Intel Core i3-4170T Intel HD Graphics 4400 @ 1.15 GHz	368
	Intel Core i5-4200H Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.15 GHz	368

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Phenom II X3 715 3C 3T @ 2.80 GHz	2811
	Intel Celeron G5925 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	2810
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	2807
	Intel Core i5-4200M 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	2801
	Intel Core i7-5550U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	2801
	Intel Core i7-920 4C 8T @ 2.66 GHz	2800
	Intel Core i3-6157U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	2800

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i3-3220 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	812
	Intel Core i3-2130 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	811
	Intel Core i5-6300U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	811
	Intel Core i5-4200M 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	809
	Intel Celeron J4125 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	807
	AMD Phenom II X6 1065T 6C 6T @ 2.90 GHz	806
	Intel Celeron G5905 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	802

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-4258U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	116
	Intel Core i5-6198DU 2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	116
	Intel Core i7-4785T 4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	116
	Intel Core i5-4200M 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	115
	Intel Core i3-6167U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	115
	Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3 14C 28T @ 3.00 GHz	115
	Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 10C 20T @ 3.00 GHz	115

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i3-4330T 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	297
	Intel Celeron J4125 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	296
	Intel Xeon E3-1220L v3 4C 8T @ 1.50 GHz	296
	Intel Core i5-4200M 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	295
	AMD Athlon II X4 860K 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	295
	Intel Core i3-6167U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	295
	Intel Core i3-3225 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	295

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,398 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,371 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,646 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,597 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,925 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,319 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
725 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,102 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,097 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
941 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
937 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

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