Intel Core i5-10210U vs Intel Core i5-2500

Core i5-10210U vs Core i5-2500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-10210U beats the Core i5-2500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i5-10210U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-2500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10210U. Despite this, the Core i5-10210U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10210U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-2500 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 i5-10210U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.