Intel Core i5-4210M vs Intel Core i5-5257U

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs Intel 5th 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

1250 points

1350 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2527 points

2561 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

920 points

1022 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

882 points

981 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

21.96 points

24.92 points

13% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1750 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1676 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

886 points

900 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1765 points

1788 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

907 points

925 points

1% 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

2.6 GHz

2.7 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz

3% slightly higher turbo speed

3.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

37 W

23 W

60% significantly lower TDP

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

32 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

883rd of 1,089

856th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

5th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2015 February

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 i5-4210M vs Core i5-5257U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-5257U is faster than the Core i5-4210M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4210M in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-5257U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4210M. Despite this, the Core i5-4210M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-5257U outputs less heat than Core i5-4210M thanks to a 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 i5-4210M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.