Core i7-4500U vs i5-4210U

Description

Both models i7-4500U and i5-4210U are based on Haswell architecture.

"Haswell is known as fourth-generation core too. It uses 22nm Tri-Gate FinFET (non-planar, ""3D"") technology. It includes four arithmetic logic unit (ALU) and three address generation unit (AGU). This generation is able to run Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2) instruction set among BMI1, BMI2, ABM and FMA3. At this time, Intel used new sockets: LGA 1150 for desktops and BGA1364 for the mobile CPUs."

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-4500U gets a score of 66.1 k points while the i5-4210U gets 57.6 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-4500U is 1.1 times faster than the i5-4210U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs

i7-4500U

i5-4210U

CPUID

40651

Core

Haswell

Architecture

Haswell

Base frecuency

1.8 GHz

1.7 GHz

Boost frecuency

3 GHz

2.7 GHz

Socket

BGA1168

BGA 1169

Cores/Threads

2 /2

2/4

TDP

15 W

Cache L1 (d+i)

32+32 kB

2x32+2x32 kB

Cache L2

256 kB

2x256 kB

Cache L3

4096 kB

3072 kB

Date

June 2013

April 2014

Mean monothread perf.

33.02k points

27.41k points

Mean multithread perf.

66.14k points

57.58k points

Non-optimized benchmark

The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs

Monothread

i7-4500U

i5-4210U

Test#1 (Integers)

3.31k

2.95k (x0.89)

Test#2 (FP)

8.37k

7.38k (x0.88)

Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)

3.68k

3.11k (x0.85)

Test#1 (Memory)

3.34k

2.91k (x0.87)

TOTAL

18.71k

16.35k (x0.87)

Multithread

i7-4500U

i5-4210U

Test#1 (Integers)

5.21k

4.86k (x0.93)

Test#2 (FP)

18.54k

17.41k (x0.94)

Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)

7.8k

7.09k (x0.91)

Test#1 (Memory)

3.54k

2.5k (x0.71)

TOTAL

35.09k

31.86k (x0.91)

SSE3 optimized benchmark

The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.

Monothread

i7-4500U

i5-4210U

Test#1 (Integers)

10.2k

9.26k (x0.91)

Test#2 (FP)

9.23k

8.2k (x0.89)

Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)

3.89k

3.57k (x0.92)

Test#1 (Memory)

3.29k

2.92k (x0.89)

TOTAL

26.61k

23.95k (x0.9)

Multithread

i7-4500U

i5-4210U

Test#1 (Integers)

19.2k

17.53k (x0.91)

Test#2 (FP)

19.02k

17.56k (x0.92)

Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)

8.31k

7.65k (x0.92)

Test#1 (Memory)

3.22k

2.49k (x0.77)

TOTAL

49.75k

45.22k (x0.91)

AVX optimized benchmark

The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.

Monothread

i7-4500U

i5-4210U

Test#1 (Integers)

10.41k

5.05k (x0.49)

Test#2 (FP)

8.97k

5.31k (x0.59)

Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)

3.82k

2.1k (x0.55)

Test#1 (Memory)

3.39k

1.41k (x0.42)

TOTAL

26.59k

13.87k (x0.52)

Multithread

i7-4500U

i5-4210U

Test#1 (Integers)

19.91k

9.01k (x0.45)

Test#2 (FP)

21.47k

16.3k (x0.76)

Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)

8.53k

4.64k (x0.54)

Test#1 (Memory)

3.53k

2.16k (x0.61)

TOTAL

53.44k

32.1k (x0.6)

AVX2 optimized benchmark

The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.

Monothread

i7-4500U

i5-4210U

Test#1 (Integers)

16.67k

13.79k (x0.83)

Test#2 (FP)

7.79k (x0.86)

Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)

3.75k

3.11k (x0.83)

Test#1 (Memory)

3.6k

2.72k (x0.76)

TOTAL

33.02k

27.41k (x0.83)

Multithread

i7-4500U

i5-4210U

Test#1 (Integers)

31.77k

28.78k (x0.91)

Test#2 (FP)

21.36k

18.99k (x0.89)

Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)

7.95k

7.21k (x0.91)

Test#1 (Memory)

5.06k

2.6k (x0.51)

TOTAL

66.14k

57.58k (x0.87)

Performance/W

i7-4500U

i5-4210U

Test#1 (Integers)

2118 points/W

1919 points/W

Test#2 (FP)

1424 points/W

1266 points/W

Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)

530 points/W

481 points/W

Test#1 (Memory)

338 points/W

174 points/W

TOTAL

4410 points/W

3839 points/W

Performance/GHz

i7-4500U

i5-4210U

Test#1 (Integers)

5558 points/GHz

5108 points/GHz

Test#2 (FP)

3001 points/GHz

2884 points/GHz

Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)

1250 points/GHz

1150 points/GHz

Test#1 (Memory)

1199 points/GHz

1008 points/GHz

TOTAL

11008 points/GHz

10151 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph

Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.

Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

Multithread performance graph

Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.

Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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