Intel Core i3-4150 vs Intel Core i5-5257U

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 5th Generation Core i5 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1436 points
6% slightly better overall score
1350 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2787 points
8% slightly better gaming score
2561 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1076 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
1022 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1034 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
981 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

28.01 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
24.92 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1994 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1676 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1003 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
900 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2052 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1788 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1054 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
925 points

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

3.5 GHz
29% slightly higher clock speed
2.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

54 W
23 W
134% 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

827th of 1,089
856th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i3
5th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
2015 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Core i3-4150 vs Core i5-5257U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-5257U performs better than the Core i3-4150. Despite this, the Core i3-4150 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-4150 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-5257U. The Core i5-5257U outputs less heat than Core i3-4150 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-4150 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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