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Samsung DM301S3B-C23S5 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4590 vs Samsung DM500S2A-B55 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3470

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  • 98specifications compared
  • 28differ
  • 70identical
  • 29known for one product only

Key differences

The Samsung DM301S3B-C23S5 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4590 has 0.1 GHz more processor boost frequency than the Samsung DM500S2A-B55 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3470 (3.7 GHz vs 3.6 GHz). The Samsung DM301S3B-C23S5 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4590 has 0.1 GHz more processor frequency than the Samsung DM500S2A-B55 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3470 (3.3 GHz vs 3.2 GHz). The Samsung DM301S3B-C23S5 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4590 has 7 W more thermal Design Power (TDP) than the Samsung DM500S2A-B55 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3470 (84 W vs 77 W). Only the Samsung DM500S2A-B55 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3470 has discrete graphics card. Processor generation: 4th gen Intel® Core™ i5 on the Samsung DM301S3B-C23S5 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4590, 3rd gen Intel® Core™ i5 on the Samsung DM500S2A-B55 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3470.

  • Processor generation
    • DM301S3B-C23S5 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4590:4th gen Intel® Core™ i5
    • DM500S2A-B55 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3470:3rd gen Intel® Core™ i5
  • Processor model
    • DM301S3B-C23S5 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4590:i5-4590
    • DM500S2A-B55 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3470:i5-3470
  • Processor boost frequency
    • DM301S3B-C23S5 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4590:3.7 GHz
    • DM500S2A-B55 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3470:3.6 GHz
  • Processor frequency
    • DM301S3B-C23S5 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4590:3.3 GHz
    • DM500S2A-B55 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3470:3.2 GHz
  • Processor cache type
    • DM301S3B-C23S5 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4590:L3
    • DM500S2A-B55 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3470:Smart Cache
  • Bus type
    • DM301S3B-C23S5 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4590:DMI2
    • DM500S2A-B55 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3470:DMI
  • Processor codename
    • DM301S3B-C23S5 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4590:Haswell
    • DM500S2A-B55 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3470:Ivy Bridge
  • Thermal Design Power (TDP)
    • DM301S3B-C23S5 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-4590:84 W
    • DM500S2A-B55 PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3470:77 W

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Comparison of DM301S3B-C23S5, DM500S2A-B55
127 specifications
Processor11 differ
Processor generationDiffers4th gen Intel® Core™ i53rd gen Intel® Core™ i5
Processor modelDiffersi5-4590i5-3470
Processor boost frequencyDiffers3.7 GHz3.6 GHz
Processor frequencyDiffers3.3 GHz3.2 GHz
Processor cache typeDiffersL3Smart Cache
Bus typeDiffersDMI2DMI
Processor codenameDiffersHaswellIvy Bridge
Thermal Design Power (TDP)Differs84 W77 W
TcaseDiffers72.72 °C67.4 °C
Maximum number of PCI Express lanesKnown for one16Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI Express configurationsDiffers1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x41x16, 2x8
Number of QPI linksKnown for one0Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor socketDiffersLGA 1150 (Socket H3)LGA 1155 (Socket H2)
SteppingKnown for oneC0Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory types supported by processorKnown for oneDDR3-SDRAMUnknown — not stated by the source
Processor seriesKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceIntel Core i5-3400 Desktop series
CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source32
Memory1 differ
Memory clock speedDiffers1600 MHz1333 MHz
Storage3 differ
Total storage capacityDiffers628 GB1 TB
Storage mediaDiffersHDD+SSDHDD
HDD capacityDiffers500 GB1 TB
Number of SSDs installedKnown for one1Unknown — not stated by the source
SSD capacityKnown for one128 GBUnknown — not stated by the source
Graphics5 differ
Discrete graphics cardDiffersNoYes
Discrete graphics card modelDiffersNot availableNVIDIA® GeForce® GT 630
On-board graphics card modelDiffersIntel® HD Graphics 4600Intel® HD Graphics 2500
Maximum on-board graphics card memoryKnown for one2 GBUnknown — not stated by the source
On-board graphics card base frequencyDiffers350 MHz650 MHz
On-board graphics card DirectX versionKnown for one11.1Unknown — not stated by the source
On-board graphics card IDDiffers0x4120x152
Performance1 differ
Motherboard chipsetDiffersIntel® H81Intel® H61
Optical driveidentical
Optical drives quantityKnown for one1Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfacesidentical
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1
DVI portKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Designidentical
Chassis typeKnown for oneDesktopUnknown — not stated by the source
Software1 differ
Operating system installedDiffersWindows 10 HomeWindows 8
Operating system architectureKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source64-bit
Processor special features4 differ
Graphics & IMC lithographyKnown for one22 nmUnknown — not stated by the source
Intel Small Business Advantage (SBA) versionKnown for one1.00Unknown — not stated by the source
Intel Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)Known for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Intel Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP) versionKnown for one1.00Unknown — not stated by the source
Intel TSX-NIKnown for oneNoUnknown — not stated by the source
Intel® OS GuardKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Intel® Secure KeyKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Intel® Smart CacheKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Processor ARK IDDiffers8081568316
Processor codeKnown for oneSR1QJUnknown — not stated by the source
Processor package sizeDiffers37.5 x 37.5 mm37.5 mm
ScalabilityKnown for one1SUnknown — not stated by the source
Supported instruction setsDiffersAVX 2.0, SSE4.1, SSE4.2AVX, SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Thermal solution specificationDiffersPCG 2013DPCG 2011D
Intel® My WiFi Technology (Intel® MWT)Known for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Intel® Identity Protection Technology (Intel® IPT)Known for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Intel Fast Memory AccessKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Intel Flex Memory AccessKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Weight & dimensions2 differ
DepthDiffers420 mm436 mm
HeightDiffers340 mm344 mm

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