Core i5-3230M — is a great dual core chip for notebooks in the medium price range. In the presence of a discrete graphics card such a mobile system can even belong to the class of gaming machines. It technical parameters and the actual computing capabilities will be further considered in detail.
This chip was issued in 2013 for processor socket FCPGA988. This socket is commonly used to create laptops based on CPU-based Core architecture and belonged to the second or third generation. It is to the latter and belongs to the Intel Core i5-3230M. How many cores were part of this CPU? Two real computer module. But support HT technology was enabled to increase the number of threads processing the code in 2 times. That is, at the program level the number of cores was equal to 4.
This silicon crystal was manufactured according to the norms of admission to 22 nm. The transistors in this case had a three dimensional layout, which the company is a manufacturer of “Intel” called TriGate. Modern processors in terms of miniaturization has advanced only one step forward and they are manufactured in 14 nm technology, but the production process is not changed, and the transistors in the CPU have the same three-dimensional layout. Therefore, from a technological point of view, this processor continues to be relevant.
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Like any other high performance modern CPU, 3-level cache has a fast Intel Core i5-3230M. Specifications indicate that at the first level, its total volume is equal to 128 KB. This volume is divided into 2 equal parts in 64 KB is bound to a particular execution unit of computation. Again, these blocks of 64 KB divided by 2 block for 32 KB. One of them saves the user, and the second data. The total size of the cache in the second level of 512 KB, and the third is 3MB.
The memory Controller was part of the semiconductor chip. It was designed to work with DDR3 memory modules. Recommended frequency values was equal to 1333 MHz or 1600 MHz. The controller was dual channel. That is, the use of two strips of reduced size made it possible to obtain additional gains in performance. For example, 2 modules of 1 GB was more profitable in terms of performance than 1 strap on 1 GB.
Core i5-3230M has a TDP of 35 watts. Unfortunately, this value does not allow to use to cool this CPU passively on the basis of aluminum radiator. In this case you can only use coolers. The maximum temperature for this chip is 105 0C. In reality, the availability of high quality active heat sink this value does not exceed 50 -60 0C.
Depending on the level of complexity of the processed software code and its thermal state Core i5-3230M can change its clock frequency. The minimum value — 2.6 GHz, and the maximum for the two computational blocks — 3.0 GHz. If one of the modules will be disabled and the CPU switches to single-core computations, the frequency can still be increased by 200 MHz and will reach 3.2 GHz.
The composition of this CPU includes integrated graphics accelerator line HD Graphics 4000 models. The technical specifications are modest, but its presence is quite sufficient for most simple and common tasks. Due to the component based on the CPU you can also create even budget laptops of initial level. The clock frequency of the GPU can vary from 650 MHz at minimum load and up to 1.1 GHz peak processing of visual information.
Even now mobile computing system based on Core i5-3230M can be found in the sale. Of course, the performance is lower than new generations of processors. But the cost of these laptops is much smaller. And it is for the latter reason, the purchase of such a PC would really be justified.
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