Intel Core i5-4260U Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Intel Core i5-4260U has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 4. gen of the Intel Core i5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1168 socket and was released in Q2/2014.
CPU lineageThe segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i5-4260U. 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 i5-4260U. |
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| Name: | Intel Core i5-4260U |
| Family: | Intel Core i5 |
| CPU group: | Intel Core i 4000U |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 4 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | -- |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
In addition to the number of CPU cores and threads, you can see here whether the Intel Core i5-4260U can be overclocked. You will also find the clock frequencies of the processor (single-core and multi-core) here. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 2 / 4 |
| Core architecture: | normal |
| Cores: | 2x |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | Yes |
| Overclocking: | No |
| Frequency: | 1.40 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | 2.70 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): | 2.70 GHz |
Internal Graphics
The Intel Core i5-4260U 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. A processor with integrated graphics is also called APU (Accelerated Processing Unit).
| GPU name: | Intel HD Graphics 5000 |
| GPU frequency: | 0.20 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | 1.00 GHz |
| Execution units: | 40 |
| Shader: | 320 |
| 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
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 & PCIeThe memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the processor. The memory bandwidth depends on several factors and is given in gigabytes per second. |
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| Memory type: | DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM |
| Max. Memory: | |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| Bandwidth: | -- |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | 2.0 x 12 |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
Thermal ManagementThe Thermal Design Power (TDP for short) specifies the necessary cooling solution to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually only gives a rough idea of the real consumption of a CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
Technical details
Here you will find information on the size of the level 2 and level 3 cache of the Intel Core i5-4260U as well as a list of the processors ISA extensions. We have documented the architecture and the manufacturing technology for you as well as the release date.
| Technology: | 22 nm |
| Chip design: | Monolithic |
| Socket: | BGA 1168 |
| L2-Cache: | -- |
| L3-Cache: | 3.00 MB |
| Architecture: | Haswell U |
| 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: | 120 $ |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | -- |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-4260U 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.
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.
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Intel Pentium G3258
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz |
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AMD FX-9830P
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3517U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4
22C 44T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4200U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i5-5200U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 640
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-L16G7
5C 5T @ 1.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 635
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 630
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon D-1559
12C 24T @ 2.10 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4
22C 44T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-5200U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-2635QM
4C 8T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G1840
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Xeon D-1571
16C 32T @ 2.10 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Pentium G3420
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-3210M
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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MediaTek Helio G70
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 810
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4310U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD 3020e
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz |
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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.
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AMD A10-6700
AMD Radeon HD 8670D @ 0.84 GHz |
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AMD A10-6790K
AMD Radeon HD 8670D @ 0.84 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G
ARM Mali-G76 MP14 @ 0.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4260U
Intel HD Graphics 5000 @ 1.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-N300
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.25 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-N305
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.25 GHz |
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Intel Xeon W-10855M
Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.20 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Pentium Gold 4415U
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7020U
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 B93
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 925
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 920
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i5-4460T
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3220T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4
14C 28T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3250T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz |
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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.|
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AMD Athlon II X4 615e
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-4000M
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3250
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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AMD A10-7800
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 620
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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AMD A12-9720P
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 3 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.|
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Intel Xeon E5-2628L v3
10C 20T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2648L v3
12C 24T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G1850
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3667U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD FX-9590
8C 8T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2
6C 12T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 3 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.|
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AMD A6-3430MX
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Pentium Gold 5405U
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3220T
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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AMD A8-5500
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz |
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AMD A8-3800
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 615e
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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Intel Core i5-4460T
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3240T
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2
6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7100U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4310U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3220T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Intel Pentium G3420
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4300U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-4000M
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4260U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core M-5Y71
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3240
2C 2T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C 4T @ 2.20 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The iGPU test uses the CPU internal graphic unit to execute OpenGL commands.|
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Intel Core i5-4300M
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.25 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 4405U
Intel HD Graphics 510 @ 0.95 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 3805U
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) @ 0.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4260U
Intel HD Graphics 5000 @ 1.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3258
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.15 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3440
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.15 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3420
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.15 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench R20 (SC)
627 entries
627 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
574 entries
574 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
1,618 entries
1,618 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
1,605 entries
1,605 entries
FP32 SP iGPU
1,830 entries
1,830 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
1,409 entries
1,409 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,096 entries
1,096 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,091 entries
1,091 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries
942 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries
938 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
824 entries
824 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
835 entries
835 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
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