Pentium N4200 vs i5-4300Y

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-4300Y
2013
2 cores / 4 threads, 11 Watt
0.97
Pentium N4200
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.39
+43.3%

Pentium N4200 outperforms Core i5-4300Y by a considerable 43% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-4300Y and Pentium N4200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking24992229
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5Intel Pentium
Power efficiency7.8321.52
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)Apollo Lake (2014−2016)
Release date1 September 2013 (11 years ago)1 September 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$281$161

Detailed specifications

Core i5-4300Y and Pentium N4200 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache512 KB2 MB
L3 cache3 MB2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-4300Y and Pentium N4200 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCBGA1168FCBGA1296
Power consumption (TDP)11.5 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-4300Y and Pentium N4200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2no data
AES-NI++
AVX+-
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0-
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
SIPP+-
Smart Response+-
GPIO++
Smart Connect+-
FDI-no data
AMT9.5no data
Matrix Storage-no data
HD Audio++
RST+-

Security technologies

Core i5-4300Y and Pentium N4200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Key++
MPX-+
Identity Protection++
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theft+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-4300Y and Pentium N4200 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-d++
VT-x++
VT-ino data-
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-4300Y and Pentium N4200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3, DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size16 GB8 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 4200Intel HD Graphics 505
Max video memory2 GB8 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency850 MHz750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18
InTru 3D+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-4300Y and Pentium N4200 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-4300Y and Pentium N4200 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.42560x1600@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort2560x1600@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-4300Y and Pentium N4200 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2/12+
OpenGL4.3+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-4300Y and Pentium N4200.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes126
PCI support-no data
USB revision3.02.0/3.0
Total number of SATA ports42
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports42
Integrated IDE-no data
Number of USB ports48
Integrated LAN--
UART++

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-4300Y 0.97
Pentium N4200 1.39
+43.3%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i5-4300Y 1505
Pentium N4200 2171
+44.3%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i5-4300Y 554
+101%
Pentium N4200 275

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i5-4300Y 843
+17.1%
Pentium N4200 720

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i5-4300Y 2982
+80.4%
Pentium N4200 1653

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i5-4300Y 4663
Pentium N4200 5217
+11.9%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

i5-4300Y 1871
Pentium N4200 2636
+40.9%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

i5-4300Y 28.6
Pentium N4200 22.58
+26.7%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i5-4300Y 1
Pentium N4200 2
+44.1%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

i5-4300Y 133
Pentium N4200 163
+22.6%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

i5-4300Y 77
+48.1%
Pentium N4200 52

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

i5-4300Y 0.82
+26.2%
Pentium N4200 0.65

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

i5-4300Y 1.2
Pentium N4200 1.4
+16.7%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

i5-4300Y 8
Pentium N4200 12
+43.6%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

i5-4300Y 50
Pentium N4200 60
+21.2%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

i5-4300Y 1790
+89.6%
Pentium N4200 944

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

i5-4300Y 3157
Pentium N4200 4595
+45.5%

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

i5-4300Y 1932
+38.4%
Pentium N4200 1396

Geekbench 2

i5-4300Y 4473
+13.1%
Pentium N4200 3954

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.97 1.39
Integrated graphics card 0.99 0.94
Recency 1 September 2013 1 September 2016
Physical cores 2 4
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 11 Watt 6 Watt

i5-4300Y has 5.3% faster integrated GPU.

Pentium N4200, on the other hand, has a 43.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 83.3% lower power consumption.

The Pentium N4200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i5-4300Y in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-4300Y and Pentium N4200, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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