Intel Core i5-5257U vs Intel Core i3-6098P

Compare Intel 5th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i3 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

1350 points
1620 points
20% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2561 points
2943 points
14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1022 points
1242 points
21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

981 points
1191 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1788 points
2156 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

925 points
1094 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

2.7 GHz
3.6 GHz
33% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

23 W
134% significantly lower TDP
54 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

12
16
33% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

16 GiB
64 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.5 MiB
Identical
0.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

3 MiB
Identical
3 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

856th of 1,089
784th of 1,089

Family

The product line

5th Generation Core i5
6th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 February
2015 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Core i5-5257U vs Core i3-6098P specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-6098P is faster than the Core i5-5257U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-5257U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-6098P has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-5257U. A Core i5-5257U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-6098P CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches and 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 i5-5257U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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