Intel Core i5-4210U Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-04-12

The Intel Core i5-4210U was released in Q2/2014 and has 2 cores. The processor can process 4 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket BGA 1168. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Intel Core i5-4210U achieved a result of 547 points (single-core) or 1,220 points (multi-core).

CPU lineage
In this classification you can see to which group of processors the Intel Core i5-4210U belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of Intel Core i5-4210U.
Name:	Intel Core i5-4210U
Family:	Intel Core i5
CPU group:	Intel Core i 4000U
Architecture:	Haswell U
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	4
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-4210U has 2 cores. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-4210U is 1.70 GHz (2.70 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads:	2 / 4
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	2x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	1.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	2.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores):	2.35 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.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-4210U has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Intel Core i5-4210U has the Intel HD Graphics 4400 installed, which has 20 streaming multiprocessors (160 shaders).

GPU name:	Intel HD Graphics 4400
GPU frequency:	0.20 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.00 GHz
Compute units:	20
Shader:	160
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	7.5
Direct X:	11.1
Technology:	22 nm
Release date:	Q2/2013

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

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 Intel Core i5-4210U supports a maximum of 16 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 25.6 GB/s.

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 Intel Core i5-4210U has a TDP of 15 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	15 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Intel Core i5-4210U is made in 22 nm and has 3.00 MB cache.

Technology:	22 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:	Q2/2014
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i5-4210U
2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz (2.70 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-4210U 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 FX-6350 6C 6T @ 4.20 GHz	549
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G 8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	549
	Intel Pentium G2010 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	548
	Intel Core i5-4210U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	547
	Intel Core i5-4200U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	545
	Intel Core i5-4250U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	545
	AMD 3015Ce 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	544

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 Celeron J3455 4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	1224
	AMD 3020e 2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	1222
	AMD Phenom II X4 B95 4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1221
	Intel Core i5-4210U 2C 4T @ 2.35 GHz	1220
	Intel Celeron G1840 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	1220
	Intel Pentium Gold 4415U 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	1218
	Intel Core i5-2410M 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	1215

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 Xeon E5-1680 v2 8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz	804
	Intel Core i5-4260U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	799
	Intel Core i5-8210Y 2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	796
	Intel Core i5-4210U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	795
	Intel Pentium G4520 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	795
	Intel Core i3-4110M 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	794
	Intel Core i3-5157U 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	793

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 i3-5020U 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	1507
	Intel Core i7-3540M 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	1502
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 4G 8C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	1502
	Intel Core i5-4210U 2C 4T @ 2.35 GHz	1497
	AMD Athlon Silver 3050e 2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	1494
	Intel Core i7-860 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	1490
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	1489

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.


	AMD A10-7800 4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	207
	AMD FX-8370 8C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	204
	Intel Core i5-760 4C 4T @ 3.33 GHz	204
	Intel Core i5-4210U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	202
	Intel Core i7-3667U 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	202
	Intel Core i7-4510U 2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	202
	Intel Celeron N5100 4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz	201

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.


	AMD Athlon II X4 605e 4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	457
	AMD Athlon II X4 615e 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	457
	AMD Phenom II X3 720 3C 3T @ 2.80 GHz	450
	Intel Core i5-4210U 2C 4T @ 2.35 GHz	449
	Intel Core i3-7100U 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	448
	Intel Pentium G3258 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	443
	AMD Athlon II X4 600e 4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	438

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.


	AMD A9-9420 AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.85 GHz	325
	AMD A9-9425 AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) @ 0.85 GHz	325
	AMD A8-7200P AMD Radeon R5 (Kaveri) @ 0.63 GHz	321
	Intel Core i5-4210U Intel HD Graphics 4400 @ 1.00 GHz	320
	Intel Xeon W-11155MRE Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.25 GHz	320
	Intel Xeon W-11155MLE Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.25 GHz	320
	Intel Core i7-3820QM Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.25 GHz	320

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 i3-4000M 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	2310
	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 Celeron N4505 2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz	2294
	Intel Core i5-3437U 2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	2294
	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 4C 4T @ 2.83 GHz	2291

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-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-8320 8C 8T @ 3.75 GHz	223
	AMD FX-6300 6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz	221
	Intel Core i5-2410M 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	220
	Intel Core i5-4210U 2C 4T @ 2.35 GHz	217
	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	217
	AMD FX-8300 8C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	217
	Intel Core i3-7020U 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	212

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 Athlon II X4 740 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	651
	Intel Pentium G3240 2C 2T @ 3.10 GHz	651
	Intel Core i3-4000M 2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	648
	Intel Core i5-4210U 2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz	646
	Intel Core i3-6100U 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	643
	Intel Pentium Gold 4415U 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	641
	Intel Core i3-7020U 2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz	640

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 Athlon X4 845 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	93
	AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 6C 6T @ 3.70 GHz	93
	Intel Core m3-8100Y 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	93
	Intel Core i5-4210U 2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz	92
	AMD A10-9700 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	92
	Intel Core m3-6Y30 2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	92
	AMD Phenom II X4 970 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	92

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 Athlon II X4 620 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	238
	AMD A12-9720P 4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz	237
	AMD FX-9800P 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	237
	Intel Core i5-4210U 2C 4T @ 2.35 GHz	236
	Intel Celeron G4900 2C 2T @ 3.10 GHz	236
	Intel Core i5-7Y54 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	236
	Intel Pentium G3240 2C 2T @ 3.10 GHz	236

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,399 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,372 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,648 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,599 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
641 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
588 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,925 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,319 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
222 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
725 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,102 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,097 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
941 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
937 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
825 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
836 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

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