Intel Core i5-3437U Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-12

The Intel Core i5-3437U has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 3. gen of the Intel Core i5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1023 socket and was released in Q1/2013. The Intel Core i5-3437U scores 610 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,305 points.

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Name:	Intel Core i5-3437U
Family:	Intel Core i5 (331)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 3000U (12)
Architecture:	Ivy Bridge U
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	3
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-3437U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-3437U is 1.90 GHz (2.90 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:	1.90 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	2.90 GHz
Turbo Frequency (2 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.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-3437U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i5-3437U uses the Intel HD Graphics 4000, which has 128 texture shaders and 16 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 4000
GPU frequency:	0.65 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.20 GHz
Compute units:	16
Shader:	128
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q1/2011

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	7
Direct X:	11.0
Technology:	22 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	2 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:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 32 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.

DDR3-1600	25.6 GB/s
Max. Memory:	32 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth:	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 17 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):	17 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-3437U is made in 22 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:	22 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	BGA 1023
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	3.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date:	Q1/2013
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i5-3437U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz (2.90 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-3437U 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.


	AMD EPYC 7551P 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	611
	Intel Pentium G860 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	611
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 765 8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	611
	Intel Core i5-3437U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	610
	Intel Xeon D-1537 8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz	610
	Intel Atom C5315 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	607
	Intel Core i7-975 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	607

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 i5-660 2C 4T @ 3.33 GHz	1308
	Intel Core i5-661 2C 4T @ 3.33 GHz	1308
	Intel Celeron G1850 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	1307
	Intel Core i5-3437U 2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	1305
	Intel Core i5-2515E 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1305
	Intel Core i5-2510E 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1305
	Intel Pentium Silver N5000 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	1304

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 i3-4020Y 2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz	487
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 4G 8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	487
	Intel Core i3-4012Y 2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz	485
	Intel Core i5-3437U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	484
	Intel Pentium G3220T 2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz	484
	Intel Core i7-870 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	481
	Intel Pentium Gold 4417U 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	480

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 i3-4005U 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	1105
	Intel Core i3-4010U 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	1105
	Intel Core i5-3210M 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1102
	Intel Core i5-3437U 2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	1096
	Samsung Exynos 9610 8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	1095
	Intel Core i3-2105 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	1093
	Intel Core i7-3689Y 2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz	1092

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 i7-3687U Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.20 GHz	307
	Intel Core M-5Y10a Intel HD Graphics 5300 @ 0.80 GHz	307
	Intel Core M-5Y10c Intel HD Graphics 5300 @ 0.80 GHz	307
	Intel Core i5-3437U Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.20 GHz	307
	AMD A9-9410 AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.80 GHz	307
	AMD A6-6420K AMD Radeon HD 8470D @ 0.80 GHz	307
	AMD A6-6400K AMD Radeon HD 8470D @ 0.80 GHz	307

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 i7-3537U 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	2307
	Intel Core m5-6Y54 2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz	2305
	Intel Core i5-4210U 2C 4T @ 2.35 GHz	2302
	Intel Core i5-3437U 2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	2294
	Intel Celeron N4505 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	2294
	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 4C 4T @ 2.83 GHz	2291
	Intel Celeron G4900T 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	2290

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 Celeron G1820 2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz	102
	Intel Pentium G2020 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	101
	AMD A12-9800 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	100
	Intel Core i5-3437U 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	99
	Intel Core i5-760 4C 4T @ 3.33 GHz	99
	Intel Core i3-3240T 2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	99
	Intel Celeron G1630 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	99

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 m5-6Y57 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	227
	AMD A10-9620P 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	226
	Intel Core i5-3337U 2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	224
	Intel Core i5-3437U 2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	223
	AMD Athlon II X4 610e 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	223
	AMD A12-9700P 4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	223
	Intel Core i3-5010U 2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz	221

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,754 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,702 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,026 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,391 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,106 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,101 entries

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