Microsoft XBox Series X vs Intel Core i3-4010U

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Microsoft XBox Series X CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i3-4010U
Microsoft XBox Series X Intel Core i3-4010U

CPU comparison

Microsoft XBox Series X or Intel Core i3-4010U - 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 Microsoft XBox Series X has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Microsoft XBox Series X was released in Q3/2020.

The Intel Core i3-4010U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-4010U was released in Q3/2013.
AMD Ryzen 7 (68) Family Intel Core i3 (205)
AMD Ryzen 4000G (22) CPU group Intel Core i 4000U (26)
3 Generation 4
Renoir (Zen 2) Architecture Haswell U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Core i3-5010U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Microsoft XBox Series X has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Microsoft XBox Series X is 3.20 GHz (3.80 GHz) while the Intel Core i3-4010U has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-4010U is at 1.70 GHz.

Microsoft XBox Series X Characteristic Intel Core i3-4010U
8 Cores 2
16 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
3.20 GHz Frequency 1.70 GHz
3.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.66 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.

Microsoft XBox Series X Characteristic Intel Core i3-4010U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Microsoft XBox Series X or Intel Core i3-4010U 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.

AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (XBox Series X) GPU Intel HD Graphics 4400
1.83 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.00 GHz
1 GPU Generation 7.5
7 nm Technology 22 nm
1 Max. displays 3
52 Compute units 20
3328 Shader 160
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
10 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 11.1

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.

AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (XBox Series X) GPU Intel HD Graphics 4400
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Microsoft XBox Series X can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 560.0 GB/s. The Intel Core i3-4010U supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

Microsoft XBox Series X Characteristic Intel Core i3-4010U
GDDR6 Memory DDR3-1600
16 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
560.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
8.00 MB L3 Cache 3.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 2.0
12 PCIe lanes 12
23.6 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Microsoft XBox Series X is 65 W, while the Intel Core i3-4010U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Microsoft XBox Series X Characteristic Intel Core i3-4010U
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Microsoft XBox Series X is manufactured in 7 nm and has 8.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i3-4010U is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache.

Microsoft XBox Series X Characteristic Intel Core i3-4010U
7 nm Technology 22 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
BGA Socket BGA 1168
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2020 Release date Q3/2013
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Microsoft XBox Series X (100%)
Intel Core i3-4010U (39%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Microsoft XBox Series X (100%)
Intel Core i3-4010U (11%)

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.
Microsoft XBox Series X Microsoft XBox Series X
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
1070 (100%)
Intel Core i3-4010U Intel Core i3-4010U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
416 (39%)

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.
Microsoft XBox Series X Microsoft XBox Series X
8C 16T @ 3.66 GHz
7358 (100%)
Intel Core i3-4010U Intel Core i3-4010U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
956 (13%)

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.
Microsoft XBox Series X Microsoft XBox Series X
AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (XBox Series X) @ 1.83 GHz
12150 (100%)
Intel Core i3-4010U Intel Core i3-4010U
Intel HD Graphics 4400 @ 1.00 GHz
320 (3%)

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.
Microsoft XBox Series X Microsoft XBox Series X
8C 16T @ 3.66 GHz
17455 (100%)
Intel Core i3-4010U Intel Core i3-4010U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
1654 (9%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.
Microsoft XBox Series X Microsoft XBox Series X
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
1142 (100%)
Intel Core i3-4010U Intel Core i3-4010U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.
Microsoft XBox Series X Microsoft XBox Series X
8C 16T @ 3.66 GHz
10650 (100%)
Intel Core i3-4010U Intel Core i3-4010U
2C 4T @ 1.70 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.
Microsoft XBox Series X Microsoft XBox Series X
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-4010U Intel Core i3-4010U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
522 (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.
Microsoft XBox Series X Microsoft XBox Series X
8C 16T @ 3.66 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-4010U Intel Core i3-4010U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
1105 (100%)

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.
Microsoft XBox Series X Microsoft XBox Series X
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
431 (100%)
Intel Core i3-4010U Intel Core i3-4010U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Microsoft XBox Series X Microsoft XBox Series X
8C 16T @ 3.66 GHz
4062 (100%)
Intel Core i3-4010U Intel Core i3-4010U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Microsoft XBox Series X Microsoft XBox Series X
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-4010U Intel Core i3-4010U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
454 (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.
Microsoft XBox Series X Microsoft XBox Series X
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-4010U Intel Core i3-4010U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
58 (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.
Microsoft XBox Series X Microsoft XBox Series X
8C 16T @ 3.66 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-4010U Intel Core i3-4010U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz
171 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Microsoft XBox Series X Intel Core i3-4010U
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