Intel Core i5-5200U vs Intel Core i3-2100

Compare Intel 5th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i3-2100

Price

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$ 1486.00

$ 49.00

$ 1437.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1041 points

1270 points

21% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2025 points

2433 points

20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

779 points

956 points

22% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

748 points

918 points

22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.12 points

19% slightly higher Blender score

15.20 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1480 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

990 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

763 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

475 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1512 points

59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

947 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

785 points

68% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

465 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.20 GHz

3.1 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

333% significantly lower TDP

65 W

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

16 GiB

32 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

937th of 1,089

878th of 1,089

Family

The product line

5th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Core i5-5200U vs Core i3-2100 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-2100 performs better than the Core i5-5200U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-5200U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-2100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-5200U. A Core i5-5200U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-2100 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 i5-5200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.