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Intel Core i5-4308U vs Intel Core i5-1240U vs Intel Core i5-4210H

Intel Core i5-4308U

► remove from comparison Intel 4308U

The Intel Core i5-4308U is a LV (low voltage) dual-core processor for large ultrabooks launched in Q3 2014. It is based on the Haswell architecture and is manufactured in 22nm. Due to Hyper-Threading, the two cores can handle up to four threads in parallel, leading to better utilization of the CPU. Each core offers a base speed of 2.8 GHz, but can dynamically increase clock rates with Turbo Boost up to 3.3 GHz.

Architecture

Haswell is the successor to the Ivy Bridge architecture with improvements on both GPU and CPU performance. The CPUs are produced in 22nm and offer an optimized branch prediction as well as additional execution ports, improving the performance per clock by almost 10 percent. Furthermore, new features like AVX2 and FMA should increase the performance in future applications.

Performance

Due to these architectural improvements, the performance is slightly above a similarly clocked Ivy Bridge CPU. Therefore, the Core i5-4308U is almost as fast as the older i7-3540M. However, when using new instruction sets such as AVX2 the performance can be significantly better. Thus, the CPU has sufficient power for office and multimedia purposes as well as more demanding applications.

Graphics

The integrated Iris Graphics 5100 offers 40 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 200 - 1200 MHz with Turbo Boost, making it significantly faster than the HD Graphics 4000. As a result, the Iris Graphics competes with dedicated lower mid-range graphics cards (e.g. GeForce GT 720M). However, even fast dual-channel memory limits the performance.

Power Consumption

The i5-4308U is rated at a TDP of 28 W including the graphics card, memory controller, VRMs and the integrated chipset. Therefore, the CPU is suited for larger, well-cooled ultrabooks.

Intel Core i5-1240U

► remove from comparison Intel i5-1240U

The Intel Core i5-1240U is a mobile CPU for thin and light laptops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was announced in early 2022 and offers 2  performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 12 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 1.1 to 4.4 GHz on the performance cluster and 0.8 to 3.3 GHz on the efficient cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6700HQ). All cores can use up to 12 MB L3 cache.  Compared to the similar Core i7-1260U, the 1240U offers lower clocked CPU cores, a slower iGPU, but the same "Enterprise" vPro management features.

Performance

Compared to the old 7 Watt Comet Lake-Y series (like the i7-10510Y), the performance should be clearly better thanks to the 10 cores and the improved architecture of the P-cores. Compared to the 15 W U-series (like the similar specified Core i5-1245U) the sustained performance will be clearly limited by the 9 Watt TDP. As always, the performance will also greatly depend on the cooling solution, especially for fanless laptops and tablets.

Features

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, and LPDDR4x-4267. The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU only supports PCIe 4.0 (x8 for a GPU and two x4 for SSDs).

The integrated graphics card is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 80 of the 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 0.9 GHz.

The CPU is rated at 9 W base power (TDP, PL1) and 29 W max. Turbo power (PL2) and the whole SoC is manufactured on a 10nm process at Intel, which is known as Intel 7.

Intel Core i5-4210H

► remove from comparison Intel 4210H

The Intel Core i5-4210H is a fast dual-core processor for laptops launched in Q3 2014. It is based on the Haswell architecture and is manufactured in 22nm. Due to Hyper-Threading, the two cores can handle up to four threads in parallel leading to better utilization of the CPU. Each core offers a base speed of 2.9 GHz but can dynamically increase clock rates with Turbo Boost up to 3.5 GHz for 1 active core and 3.4 GHz for 2 active cores. The i5-4210H replaces the former i5-4200H (2.8 - 3.4 GHz).

Architecture

Haswell is the successor to the Ivy Bridge architecture with improvements on both GPU and CPU performance. The CPUs are produced in 22nm and offer an optimized branch prediction as well as additional execution ports. Furthermore, new features like AVX2 and FMA should increase the performance in future applications.

Performance

Due to these changes, the performance per clock has been improved by almost 10 percent compared to Ivy Bridge. Therefore, the i5-4210H is slightly faster than the former top model i7-3540M and on par with the Core i5-4330M.

Graphics

The integrated Intel HD Graphics 4600 offers 20 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 400 MHz up to 1150 MHz with Turbo Boost, making it about 30 % faster than a similarly clocked HD 4000.

Power Consumption

The i5-4210H is rated at a very high TDP of 47 W including the graphics card, memory controller and VRMs. This TDP range is typical of mobile quad-core processors. Therefore, the CPU is suited for laptops 15-inches or greater.

ModelIntel Core i5-4308UIntel Core i5-1240UIntel Core i5-4210H
SeriesIntel Core i5Intel Alder Lake-MIntel Core i5
CodenameHaswellAlder Lake-UHaswell
Series: Core i5 Haswell
Intel Core i5-4340M2.9 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4210H2.9 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4330M2.8 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4200H2.8 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4308U « 2.8 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4310M2.7 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4400E2.7 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4300M2.6 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4210M2.6 - 3.2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4288U2.6 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4278U2.6 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4200M2.5 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4258U2.4 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4310U2 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4360U1.5 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4300U1.9 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4350U1.4 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4210U1.7 - 2.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4260U1.4 - 2.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4402E1.6 - 2.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4200U1.6 - 2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4250U1.3 - 2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4300Y1.6 - 2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4302Y1.6 - 2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4202Y1.6 - 2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4220Y1.6 - 2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4210Y1.5 - 1.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4200Y1.4 - 1.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1265U1.3 - 4.8 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1255U1.2 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1245U1.2 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1235U0.9 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1260U0.8 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1250U0.8 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1240U « 0.8 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1230U0.7 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1215U0.9 - 4.4 GHz6 / 8 cores10 MB L3
Intel Pentium 85050.9 - 4.4 GHz5 / 6 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1210U0.7 - 4.4 GHz6 / 8 cores10 MB L3
Intel Pentium 85000.7 - 4.4 GHz5 / 6 cores8 MB L3
Intel Celeron 73050.9 - 1.1 GHz5 / 5 cores8 MB L3
Intel Celeron 73000.7 - 1 GHz5 / 5 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4340M2.9 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4210H « 2.9 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4330M2.8 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4200H2.8 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4308U2.8 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4310M2.7 - 3.4 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4400E2.7 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4300M2.6 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4210M2.6 - 3.2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4288U2.6 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4278U2.6 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4200M2.5 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4258U2.4 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4310U2 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4360U1.5 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4300U1.9 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4350U1.4 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4210U1.7 - 2.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4260U1.4 - 2.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4402E1.6 - 2.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4200U1.6 - 2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4250U1.3 - 2.6 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4300Y1.6 - 2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4302Y1.6 - 2.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4202Y1.6 - 2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4220Y1.6 - 2 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4210Y1.5 - 1.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-4200Y1.4 - 1.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Clock2800 - 3300 MHz800 - 4400 MHz2900 - 3500 MHz
L1 Cache128 KB928 KB128 KB
L2 Cache512 KB9.5 MB512 KB
L3 Cache3 MB12 MB3 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 410 / 122 / 4
TDP28 Watt9 Watt47 Watt
Transistors1300 Million960 Million
Technology22 nm10 nm22 nm
Die Size181 mm2130 mm2
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C100 °C
SocketFCBGABGA1781FCBGA1364
FeaturesIris Graphics 5100 (200 - 1200 MHz), DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NILPDDR4x-4266/LPDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 4, Thr. Director, DL Boost, GNA, vPro Enterp., RPE, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, TMEHD Graphics 4600 (400 - 1150 MHz), DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI
iGPUIntel Iris Graphics 5100 (200 - 1200 MHz)Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs ( - 900 MHz)Intel HD Graphics 4600 (400 - 1150 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
$315 U.S.$225 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-1240U
35.3 pt (49%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
7902 Points (7%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1559 Points (66%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
596 Points (66%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
2990 Points (7%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
1242 Points (8%)
27%
1 4210H +
min: 324     avg: 328.3     median: 330 (2%)     max: 331 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
226 Points (68%)
57%
1 4210H +
min: 127     avg: 129     median: 129 (39%)     max: 131 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 4210H +
min: 3.64     avg: 3.7     median: 3.7 (5%)     max: 3.66 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
1 4210H +
min: 1.48     avg: 1.5     median: 1.5 (37%)     max: 1.52 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
100%
1 4210H +
min: 4963     avg: 5012     median: 5019 (30%)     max: 5055 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
100%
1 4210H +
min: 11036     avg: 11075     median: 11075 (8%)     max: 11114 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
100%
1 4210H +
13912 Points (10%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
100%
1 4210H +
6682 Points (8%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
100%
1 4210H +
481.2 s (6%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
100%
1 4210H +
15.5 s (3%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
100%
1 4210H +
2410 Points (4%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
31097 MIPS (18%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
4446 MIPS (53%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
100%
1 4210H +
21.2 fps (7%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
100%
1 4210H +
104.5 fps (24%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
9.1 fps (16%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
100%
1 4210H +
0.2 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
100%
1 4210H +
0.3 GB/s (5%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
100%
1 4210H +
2 GB/s (5%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
744 Seconds (9%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
407 Seconds (3%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.5 sec (11%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
100%
1 4210H +
4462 Points (9%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
100%
1 4210H +
11.4 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
100%
1 4210H +
26.1 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
100%
1 4210H +
601 s (3%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
12746 Points (34%)
31%
1 4210H +
min: 3942     avg: 3981     median: 3990 (11%)     max: 4010 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 4210H +
min: 34109     avg: 37295     median: 37295 (30%)     max: 40481 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
10240 Points (26%)
33%
1 4210H +
min: 3322     avg: 3370     median: 3370 (9%)     max: 3418 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
15715 Points (28%)
31%
1 4210H +
min: 4713     avg: 4835     median: 4834.5 (9%)     max: 4956 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
6274 Points (26%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
1596 Points (67%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
7066 Points (13%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1547 Points (7%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
7029 Points (22%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 4210H +
6311 Points (11%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 4210H +
2938 Points (57%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 4210H +
4784 Points (39%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 4210H +
4897 Points (44%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 4210H +
7639 Points (15%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 4210H +
7014 Points (14%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 4210H +
6586 Points (17%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
659 ms (1%)
98%
1 4210H +
min: 2107     avg: 2119     median: 2121 (2%)     max: 2128 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 4210H +
min: 86.9     avg: 87.8     median: 87 (1%)     max: 89.5 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 4210H +
min: 14532     avg: 15583     median: 16075 (14%)     max: 16143 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
221 Points (64%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
266 Points (55%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
1363 Points (52%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
48.2 Watt (8%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
45.9 Watt (8%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
6.7 Watt (4%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
7.8 Watt (9%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
27.1 Points per Watt (20%)

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