Intel Core i3-5010U Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i3-5010U has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 5. gen of the Intel Core i3 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1168 socket and was released in Q1/2015. The Intel Core i3-5010U scores 535 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,173 points.
Intel Core i3-5010U

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i3-5010U. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i3-5010U.

Name: Intel Core i3-5010U
Family: Intel Core i3 (202)
CPU group: Intel Core i 5000U (16)
Architecture: Broadwell U
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 5
Predecessor: Intel Core i3-4010U
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i3-5010U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-5010U is 2.10 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: 2.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): --
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i3-5010U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i3-5010U uses the Intel HD Graphics 5500, which has 192 texture shaders and 24 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 5500
GPU frequency: 0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 0.90 GHz
Compute units: 24
Shader: 192
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q1/2015
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 8
Direct X: 11.2
Technology: 14 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 16 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: Decode
VP9: No
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode

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.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
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: 10 W
Tjunction max.: 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i3-5010U is made in 14 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: 14 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: Q1/2015
Release price: 281 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i3-5010U 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 Celeron G1620 Intel Celeron G1620
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
536
Intel Core i3-3130M Intel Core i3-3130M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
536
Intel Core i3-3240T Intel Core i3-3240T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
536
Intel Core i3-5010U Intel Core i3-5010U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
535
Intel Core i7-2617M Intel Core i7-2617M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
535
Intel Core i3-5015U Intel Core i3-5015U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
535
Intel Celeron G1840T Intel Celeron G1840T
2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz
535

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 i5-4200U Intel Core i5-4200U
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
1180
AMD Phenom II X4 820 AMD Phenom II X4 820
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
1177
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
1176
Intel Core i3-5010U Intel Core i3-5010U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
1173
Intel Core i7-3517U Intel Core i7-3517U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1171
Intel Core i3-550 Intel Core i3-550
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
1170
Intel Core i3-6102E Intel Core i3-6102E
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
1170

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 Celeron G4900 Intel Celeron G4900
2C 2T @ 3.10 GHz
669
Intel Pentium G3258 Intel Pentium G3258
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
667
Intel Pentium G3420 Intel Pentium G3420
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
667
Intel Core i3-5010U Intel Core i3-5010U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
665
Intel Core i5-4300Y Intel Core i5-4300Y
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
665
Intel Core i3-5015U Intel Core i3-5015U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
665
Intel Core i5-3340S Intel Core i5-3340S
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
664

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.
UNISOC T700 UNISOC T700
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
1392
Intel Core i7-870S Intel Core i7-870S
4C 8T @ 2.66 GHz
1391
Intel Core i5-8200Y Intel Core i5-8200Y
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
1390
Intel Core i3-5010U Intel Core i3-5010U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
1380
Intel Processor N50 Intel Processor N50
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz
1376
Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1376
Samsung Exynos 8895 Samsung Exynos 8895
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
1367

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 i5-5300U Intel Core i5-5300U
Intel HD Graphics 5500 @ 0.90 GHz
346
Intel Core M-5Y51 Intel Core M-5Y51
Intel HD Graphics 5300 @ 0.90 GHz
346
Intel Core M-5Y71 Intel Core M-5Y71
Intel HD Graphics 5300 @ 0.90 GHz
346
Intel Core i3-5010U Intel Core i3-5010U
Intel HD Graphics 5500 @ 0.90 GHz
346
Intel Pentium Gold G7400TE Intel Pentium Gold G7400TE
Intel UHD Graphics 710 @ 1.35 GHz
345
Intel Pentium Gold G7400T Intel Pentium Gold G7400T
Intel UHD Graphics 710 @ 1.35 GHz
345
Intel Pentium Gold G7400E Intel Pentium Gold G7400E
Intel UHD Graphics 710 @ 1.35 GHz
345

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.
AMD Phenom II X2 511 AMD Phenom II X2 511
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
2188
AMD Phenom II X2 565 AMD Phenom II X2 565
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
2188
AMD Phenom II X2 B59 AMD Phenom II X2 B59
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
2188
Intel Core i3-5010U Intel Core i3-5010U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
2186
Intel Celeron G3900 Intel Celeron G3900
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
2178
AMD A6-5400K AMD A6-5400K
2C 2T @ 3.80 GHz
2177
Intel Core i5-4250U Intel Core i5-4250U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
2170

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.
AMD FX-4100 AMD FX-4100
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
636
Intel Pentium G3220 Intel Pentium G3220
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
630
Intel Core i5-2410M Intel Core i5-2410M
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz
629
Intel Core i3-5010U Intel Core i3-5010U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
628
Intel Celeron G3930 Intel Celeron G3930
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
627
Intel Pentium N4200 Intel Pentium N4200
4C 4T @ 1.10 GHz
624
Intel Core i5-4200U Intel Core i5-4200U
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
617

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.
AMD Phenom II X2 560 AMD Phenom II X2 560
2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz
87
AMD Phenom II X4 850 AMD Phenom II X4 850
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
87
AMD Phenom II X4 B99 AMD Phenom II X4 B99
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
87
Intel Core i3-5010U Intel Core i3-5010U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
86
Intel Xeon X3440 Intel Xeon X3440
4C 8T @ 2.93 GHz
86
AMD FX-9830P AMD FX-9830P
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
86
Intel Celeron 3965U Intel Celeron 3965U
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
86

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 A12-9700P AMD A12-9700P
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
223
AMD Athlon II X4 610e AMD Athlon II X4 610e
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
223
Intel Core i5-3437U Intel Core i5-3437U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
223
Intel Core i3-5010U Intel Core i3-5010U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz
221
Intel Celeron G3930T Intel Celeron G3930T
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz
220
Intel Celeron G3930 Intel Celeron G3930
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
220
Intel Celeron G3920 Intel Celeron G3920
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz
220

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