Intel Core i3-5010U vs Intel Core i5-4200U

Compare Intel 5th Generation Core i3 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th 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

908 points

0.55% slightly better overall score

903 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1699 points

1763 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

690 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

678 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

663 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

654 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

12.60 points

14.77 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1335 points

1358 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

650 points

691 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1338 points

1401 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

659 points

732 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

31% slightly higher clock speed

1.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

Identical

15 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

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

1,006th of 1,118

1,010th of 1,118

Family

The product line

5th Generation Core i3

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February

2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-5010U vs Core i5-4200U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-5010U is faster than the Core i5-4200U. Despite this, the Core i5-4200U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-5010U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4200U. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-5010U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.