Intel Core i5-10210U vs Intel Core i7-1265U

Core i5-10210U vs Core i7-1265U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-1265U performs better than the Core i5-10210U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10210U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-1265U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i5-10210U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10210U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-1265U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-10210U. Also, the Core i7-1265U has a slightly higher turbo speed. 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 info from our database shows that the Core i7-1265U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-10210U. The Core i7-1265U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i5-10210U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.