Intel Core i5-4202Y vs Pentium 2020M

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Combined performance score

Pentium 2020M
0.90

Core i5-4202Y outperforms Pentium 2020M by 9% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Pentium 2020M and Core i5-4202Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking23942347
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Core i5
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge (2012−2013)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date1 September 2012 (11 years old)1 September 2013 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$134no data
Current price$37 (0.3x MSRP)$548

Technical specs

Pentium 2020M and Core i5-4202Y 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.4 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)512 KB
L3 cache2 MB (shared)3 MB
Chip lithography22 nm22 nm
Die size118 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 2020M and Core i5-4202Y 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
SocketFCPGA988FCBGA1168
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt11.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 2020M and Core i5-4202Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVXno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSXno data-
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
SIPPno data-
Smart Responseno data+
Demand Based Switching-no data
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data+
FDI+-
Fast Memory Access+no data
AMTno data9.5
Matrix Storageno data-
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data+

Security technologies

Pentium 2020M and Core i5-4202Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protectionno data+
Anti-Theft-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 2020M and Core i5-4202Y are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-d--
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 2020M and Core i5-4202Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size32 GB16 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s25.6 GB/s
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® ProcessorsIntel HD Graphics 4200
Max video memoryno data2 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HD-+
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHz850 MHz
InTru 3D-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 2020M and Core i5-4202Y integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium 2020M and Core i5-4202Y integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data2560x1600@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium 2020M and Core i5-4202Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data11.2/12
OpenGLno data4.3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 2020M and Core i5-4202Y.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes1612
PCI supportno data-
USB revisionno data3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data4
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data4
Integrated IDEno data-
Number of USB portsno data4
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

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 2020M 0.90
i5-4202Y 0.98
+8.9%

Core i5-4202Y outperforms Pentium 2020M by 9% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Pentium 2020M 1379
i5-4202Y 1498
+8.6%

Core i5-4202Y outperforms Pentium 2020M by 9% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Pentium 2020M 398
i5-4202Y 571
+43.5%

Core i5-4202Y outperforms Pentium 2020M by 43% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Pentium 2020M 671
i5-4202Y 990
+47.5%

Core i5-4202Y outperforms Pentium 2020M by 48% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Pentium 2020M 3299
+13%
i5-4202Y 2920

Pentium 2020M outperforms Core i5-4202Y by 13% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Pentium 2020M 6312
+11%
i5-4202Y 5686

Pentium 2020M outperforms Core i5-4202Y by 11% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Pentium 2020M 2449
+18.2%
i5-4202Y 2072

Pentium 2020M outperforms Core i5-4202Y by 18% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Pentium 2020M 31.53
+4.5%
i5-4202Y 32.96

Core i5-4202Y outperforms Pentium 2020M by 5% in wPrime 32.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Pentium 2020M 2
+4.3%
i5-4202Y 2

Pentium 2020M outperforms Core i5-4202Y by 4% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Pentium 2020M 0.98
+12.6%
i5-4202Y 0.87

Pentium 2020M outperforms Core i5-4202Y by 13% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium 2020M 0.2
i5-4202Y 1
+400%

Core i5-4202Y outperforms Pentium 2020M by 400% in TrueCrypt AES.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium 2020M 1388
i5-4202Y 1864
+34.3%

Core i5-4202Y outperforms Pentium 2020M by 34% in WinRAR 4.0.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium 2020M 61
+3%
i5-4202Y 60

Pentium 2020M outperforms Core i5-4202Y by 3% in x264 encoding pass 1.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium 2020M 11
+0.5%
i5-4202Y 11

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Pentium 2020M 4060
i5-4202Y 4357
+7.3%

Core i5-4202Y outperforms Pentium 2020M by 7% in Geekbench 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.90 0.98
Recency 1 September 2012 1 September 2013
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 11 Watt

We couldn't decide between Pentium 2020M and Core i5-4202Y. The differences in performance seem too small.


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