The Intel Core i5-3230M @ 2.60GHz is newer than Intel Core i5-4250U @ 1.30GHz also around 16% faster in multi-threaded (CPU Mark) testing, it is around 15% faster in single-thread testing. However, Intel Core i5-4250U @ 1.30GHz uses substantially less power. All the CPUs in this comparison belong in the Laptop CPU Class.The values below were tabulated from a combined 6265 benchmarks submitted from our PerformanceTest software and results and are updated daily to include new submissions.
- The first section will show basic information for each CPU selected.
- The additional graphs shows the CPU Mark and Single Thread values of each CPU selected.
- An accompany graph, if price data is available, will shows the value for money, in terms of the
CPU Mark/Thread Rating per dollar.
- The last section will show approximate yearly running costs for the CPUs.