Intel Core i5-4210U vs Intel Core i5 M 560

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

904 points
947 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1741 points
1902 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

681 points
699 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

654 points
670 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

17.60 points
66% significantly higher Blender score
10.56 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.7 GHz
2.67 GHz
56% significantly higher clock speed

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

983rd of 1,089
968th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-4210U vs Core i5 M 560 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4210U beats the Core i5 M 560 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5 M 560 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5 M 560 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4210U.

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 i5-4210U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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