Intel Core i3-2130 vs Intel Core i5-5257U

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1392 points
3% slightly better overall score
1350 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2662 points
3% slightly better gaming score
2561 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1049 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
1022 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1007 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
981 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

14.70 points
24.92 points
69% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1298 points
1676 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

574 points
900 points
56% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1064 points
1788 points
68% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

521 points
925 points
77% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
25% slightly higher clock speed
2.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
23 W
182% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
33% slightly more pcie lanes
12

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

858th of 1,114
875th of 1,114

Family

The product line

Core
5th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 August
2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

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