Intel Core i5-9500E vs Samsung Exynos 3250

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Intel Core i5-9500E CPU1 vs CPU2 Samsung Exynos 3250
Intel Core i5-9500E Samsung Exynos 3250

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-9500E 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 i5-9500E has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-9500E was released in Q2/2019.

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 (331) Family Samsung Exynos (47)
Intel Core i 9000 (34) CPU group Samsung Exynos 3200 (1)
9 Generation 3
Coffee Lake S Refresh Architecture Cortex-A7
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-9500E has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 6 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-9500E is 3.00 GHz (4.20 GHz) while the Samsung Exynos 3250 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 3250 is at 1.00 GHz.

Intel Core i5-9500E Characteristic Samsung Exynos 3250
6 Cores 2
6 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.00 GHz Frequency 1.00 GHz
4.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- 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 i5-9500E Characteristic Samsung Exynos 3250
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-9500E or Samsung Exynos 3250 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU ARM Mali-400 MP2
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.45 GHz
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9.5 GPU Generation Utgard
14 nm Technology 28nm
3 Max. displays 1
24 Compute units 2
192 Shader 32
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 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 UHD Graphics 630 GPU ARM Mali-400 MP2
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode 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 i5-9500E can use up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 42.7 GB/s. The Samsung Exynos 3250 supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Intel Core i5-9500E Characteristic Samsung Exynos 3250
DDR4-2666 Memory LPDDR2-400
128 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 0
42.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
9.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
16 PCIe lanes --
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i5-9500E is 65 W, while the Samsung Exynos 3250 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i5-9500E Characteristic Samsung Exynos 3250
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-9500E is manufactured in 14 nm and has 9.00 MB cache. The Samsung Exynos 3250 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i5-9500E 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 --
LGA 1151-2 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q2/2019 Release date 2014
260 $ 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 i5-9500E Intel Core i5-9500E
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 3250 Samsung Exynos 3250
ARM Mali-400 MP2 @ 0.45 GHz
8 (2%)

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 i5-9500E Intel Core i5-9500E
6C 6T @ 4.20 GHz
1093 (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 i5-9500E Intel Core i5-9500E
6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz
4280 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 3250 Samsung Exynos 3250
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-9500E Samsung Exynos 3250
Unknown Samsung Google Nexus S
Samsung Galaxy S 4G

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