Intel Core i5-6260U vs Samsung Exynos 3250

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Intel Core i5-6260U CPU1 vs CPU2 Samsung Exynos 3250
Intel Core i5-6260U Samsung Exynos 3250

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-6260U or Samsung Exynos 3250 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i5-6260U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.90 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-6260U was released in Q3/2015.

The Samsung Exynos 3250 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 3250 was released in 2014.
Intel Core i5 (328) Family Samsung Exynos (46)
Intel Core i 6000U (20) CPU group Samsung Exynos 3200 (1)
6 Generation 3
Skylake U Architecture Cortex-A7
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
Intel Core i5-7260U Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-6260U is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.80 GHz (2.90 GHz). The Samsung Exynos 3250 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.00 GHz.

Intel Core i5-6260U Characteristic Samsung Exynos 3250
2 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.80 GHz Frequency 1.00 GHz
2.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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.

Intel Core i5-6260U Characteristic Samsung Exynos 3250
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel Iris Graphics 540 GPU ARM Mali-400 MP2
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.45 GHz
1.05 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9 GPU Generation Utgard
14 nm Technology 28nm
3 Max. displays 1
48 Compute units 2
384 Shader 32
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version 0

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.

Intel Iris Graphics 540 GPU ARM Mali-400 MP2
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i5-6260U supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 3250 can connect up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels.

Intel Core i5-6260U Characteristic Samsung Exynos 3250
DDR4-2133 Memory LPDDR2-400
32 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 0
34.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
12 PCIe lanes --
11.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i5-6260U has a TDP of 15 W, that of the Samsung Exynos 3250 is --.

Intel Core i5-6260U Characteristic Samsung Exynos 3250
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-6260U has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Samsung Exynos 3250 cache has a total of 0.00 MB.

Intel Core i5-6260U Characteristic Samsung Exynos 3250
14 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions --
BGA 1356 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Android
Q3/2015 Release date 2014
-- Release price --
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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.
Intel Core i5-6260U Intel Core i5-6260U
Intel Iris Graphics 540 @ 1.05 GHz
806 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 3250 Samsung Exynos 3250
ARM Mali-400 MP2 @ 0.45 GHz
8 (1%)

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 Core i5-6260U Intel Core i5-6260U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
698 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 3250 Samsung Exynos 3250
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Core i5-6260U Intel Core i5-6260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1573 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 3250 Samsung Exynos 3250
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Core i5-6260U Intel Core i5-6260U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
979 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 3250 Samsung Exynos 3250
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 i5-6260U Intel Core i5-6260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
2037 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 3250 Samsung Exynos 3250
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-6260U Intel Core i5-6260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
3216 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 3250 Samsung Exynos 3250
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 i5-6260U Intel Core i5-6260U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
122 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 3250 Samsung Exynos 3250
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-6260U Intel Core i5-6260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
286 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 3250 Samsung Exynos 3250
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-6260U Samsung Exynos 3250
Unknown Samsung Google Nexus S
Samsung Galaxy S 4G

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