Intel Core i5-4260U Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-12

The Intel Core i5-4260U has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 4. gen of the Intel Core i5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1168 socket and was released in Q2/2014. The Intel Core i5-4260U scores 552 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,211 points.

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Name:	Intel Core i5-4260U
Family:	Intel Core i5 (331)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 4000U (26)
Architecture:	Haswell U
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	4
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-4260U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-4260U is 1.40 GHz (2.70 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	2 / 4
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	2x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	1.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	2.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores):	2.70 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-4260U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i5-4260U uses the Intel HD Graphics 5000, which has 320 texture shaders and 40 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	Intel HD Graphics 5000
GPU frequency:	0.20 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.00 GHz
Compute units:	40
Shader:	320
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q2/2013

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	7.5
Direct X:	11.1
Technology:	22 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB
Frame Generation:	No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 16 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR3-1600	25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory:	16 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	2.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth:	6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	15 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-4260U is made in 22 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 3.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	22 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	BGA 1168
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	3.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date:	Q2/2014
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i5-4260U
2C 4T @ 1.40 GHz (2.70 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-4260U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Xeon E7-4820 v2 8C 16T @ 2.50 GHz	554
	AMD FX-4320 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	553
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 8C 8T @ 2.55 GHz	553
	Intel Core i5-4260U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	552
	Intel Core i7-860 4C 8T @ 3.46 GHz	552
	Intel Core i5-4300Y 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	551
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G 8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	549

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Pentium Gold 4415U 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	1218
	Intel Core i5-2410M 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	1215
	Intel Core i3-3240T 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	1212
	Intel Core i5-4260U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1211
	AMD A10-9600P 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1211
	AMD Phenom II X4 805 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1209
	AMD Athlon II X4 620e 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1207

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Pentium G4620 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	805
	Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	805
	Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz	804
	Intel Core i5-4260U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	799
	Intel Core i5-8210Y 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	796
	Intel Pentium G4520 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	795
	Intel Core i5-4210U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	795

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core m3-6Y30 2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	1482
	Samsung Exynos 9810 8C 8T @ 2.90 GHz	1480
	Intel Core i7-880 4C 8T @ 3.06 GHz	1478
	Intel Core i5-4260U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1469
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G 8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz	1466
	Intel Core i7-4550U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1460
	Intel Celeron N5095A 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1455

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	231
	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz	230
	AMD FX-9830P 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	225
	Intel Core i5-4260U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	224
	Intel Core i7-3517U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	223
	Intel Xeon X3470 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	217
	Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 22C 44T @ 3.60 GHz	216

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-5200U 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	584
	AMD Athlon II X4 640 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	582
	Intel Core i5-L16G7 5C 5T @ 1.80 GHz	577
	Intel Core i5-4260U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	575
	AMD Athlon II X4 635 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	563
	Intel Core i5-3210M 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	562
	AMD Athlon II X4 630 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	544

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD A10-6700 AMD Radeon HD 8670D @ 0.84 GHz	648
	AMD A10-6790K AMD Radeon HD 8670D @ 0.84 GHz	648
	HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G ARM Mali-G76 MP14 @ 0.60 GHz	645
	Intel Core i5-4260U Intel HD Graphics 5000 @ 1.00 GHz	640
	Intel Core i3-N300 Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.25 GHz	640
	Intel Core i3-N305 Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.25 GHz	640
	Intel Xeon W-10855M Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.20 GHz	640

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	MediaTek Helio G70 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	2351
	AMD Athlon II X4 651K 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2349
	AMD A9-9420 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	2348
	Intel Core i5-4260U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	2345
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	2344
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 non LTE 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	2344
	AMD Athlon II X4 651 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2340

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-4460T 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	105
	Intel Pentium G3220T 2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz	105
	Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4 14C 28T @ 2.50 GHz	104
	Intel Core i5-4260U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	103
	Intel Core i3-7100U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	103
	Intel Core i3-3250T 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	103
	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz	103

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X4 615e 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	240
	Intel Core i3-4000M 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	240
	Intel Pentium G3250 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	240
	Intel Core i5-4260U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	239
	AMD A10-7800 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	239
	AMD Athlon II X4 620 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	238
	AMD A12-9720P 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	237

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
656 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
604 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,026 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,106 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,101 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

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