Intel Pentium 3825U vs Intel Core i5-5350U

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Pentium 3825U CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-5350U
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Core i5-5350U

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium 3825U or Intel Core i5-5350U - 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 Pentium 3825U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.90 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium 3825U was released in Q1/2015.

The Intel Core i5-5350U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-5350U was released in Q1/2015.
Intel Pentium (150) Family Intel Core i5 (328)
Intel Pentium 3000 (8) CPU group Intel Core i 5000U (16)
4 Generation 5
Haswell U Architecture Broadwell U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Intel Core i5-4350U
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium 3825U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium 3825U is 1.90 GHz while the Intel Core i5-5350U has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-5350U is at 1.80 GHz (2.90 GHz).

Intel Pentium 3825U Characteristic Intel Core i5-5350U
2 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.90 GHz Frequency 1.80 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.90 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All 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.

Intel Pentium 3825U Characteristic Intel Core i5-5350U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium 3825U or Intel Core i5-5350U 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 HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) GPU Intel HD Graphics 6000
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
0.85 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.00 GHz
8 GPU Generation 8
14 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
12 Compute units 48
96 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
11.2 DirectX Version 11.2

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 HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) GPU Intel HD Graphics 6000
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium 3825U can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The Intel Core i5-5350U supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

Intel Pentium 3825U Characteristic Intel Core i5-5350U
DDR3-1600 Memory LPDDR3-1866, DDR3-1600
16 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 3.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 2.0
12 PCIe lanes 12
6.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Pentium 3825U is 15 W, while the Intel Core i5-5350U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Pentium 3825U Characteristic Intel Core i5-5350U
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 9.5 W
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium 3825U is manufactured in 22 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i5-5350U is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache.

Intel Pentium 3825U Characteristic Intel Core i5-5350U
22 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
BGA 1168 Socket BGA 1168
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2015 Release date Q1/2015
145 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

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 Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
443 (64%)
Intel Core i5-5350U Intel Core i5-5350U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
688 (100%)

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 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
1001 (69%)
Intel Core i5-5350U Intel Core i5-5350U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1447 (100%)

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 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
387 (43%)
Intel Core i5-5350U Intel Core i5-5350U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
901 (100%)

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 Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
781 (45%)
Intel Core i5-5350U Intel Core i5-5350U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
1737 (100%)

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 Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) @ 0.85 GHz
163 (21%)
Intel Core i5-5350U Intel Core i5-5350U
Intel HD Graphics 6000 @ 1.00 GHz
768 (100%)

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 Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
1340 (51%)
Intel Core i5-5350U Intel Core i5-5350U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
2614 (100%)

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 Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
77 (65%)
Intel Core i5-5350U Intel Core i5-5350U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
118 (100%)

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 Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
148 (52%)
Intel Core i5-5350U Intel Core i5-5350U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
285 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Core i5-5350U
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