Intel Core i3-5010U vs Intel Core i5-2520M

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

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Intel Core i5-2520M

Price

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$ 1151.00

$ 69.00

$ 1082.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

908 points

979 points

7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1699 points

1873 points

10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

690 points

738 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

663 points

708 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

12.60 points

12.81 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1335 points

45% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

915 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

650 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

462 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1338 points

44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

929 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

659 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

467 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

2.5 GHz

19% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

133% significantly lower TDP

35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB

Identical

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

980th of 1,089

955th of 1,089

Family

The product line

5th Generation Core i3

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-5010U vs Core i5-2520M comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-2520M is faster than the Core i3-5010U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-5010U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-2520M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-5010U. A Core i3-5010U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2520M CPU because of its 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 i3-5010U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.