Intel Core i3-5010U vs Intel Core i5-4210U

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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Intel Core i5-4210U

Price

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$ 1151.00

$ 616.00 significantly less expensive

$ 1767.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

908 points

0.44% slightly better overall score

904 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1699 points

1741 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

690 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

681 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

17.60 points

39% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1335 points

1338 points

0.22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

650 points

689 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1338 points

1460 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

659 points

764 points

15% 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

23% slightly higher clock speed

1.7 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

980th of 1,089

983rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

5th Generation Core i3

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February

2014 May

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 i5-4210U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-5010U beats the Core i5-4210U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-4210U 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 i3-5010U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4210U. 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-5010U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.