i5-10400F vs Pentium Dual T4200

Aggregate performance score

Pentium Dual Core T4200
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.74
Core i5-10400F
2020
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
8.36
+1030%

Core i5-10400F outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4200 by a whopping 1030% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T4200 and Core i5-10400F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2682915
Place by popularitynot in top-10012
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data23.02
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual Coreno data
Power efficiency1.9611.95
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Comet Lake (2020)
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)30 April 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$155

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T4200 and Core i5-10400F 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speedno data2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz4.3 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz8 GT/s
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors410 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T4200 and Core i5-10400F 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
SocketPFCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T4200 and Core i5-10400F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
AMT+no data

Security technologies

Pentium Dual Core T4200 and Core i5-10400F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T4200 and Core i5-10400F are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T4200 and Core i5-10400F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Dual Core T4200 and Core i5-10400F.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

Pentium Dual T4200 0.74
i5-10400F 8.36
+1030%

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.

Pentium Dual T4200 1149
i5-10400F 13029
+1034%

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.

Pentium Dual T4200 2013
i5-10400F 6719
+234%

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.

Pentium Dual T4200 3801
i5-10400F 36564
+862%

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.

Pentium Dual T4200 39.27
i5-10400F 6.25
+528%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.74 8.36
Recency 1 January 2009 30 April 2020
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

Pentium Dual T4200 has 85.7% lower power consumption.

i5-10400F, on the other hand, has a 1029.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Core i5-10400F is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Dual Core T4200 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Dual Core T4200 is a notebook processor while Core i5-10400F is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Dual Core T4200 and Core i5-10400F, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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