Intel Core i5-7260U Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i5-7260U has 2 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 7. gen of the Intel Core i5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1356 socket and was released in Q4/2016. The Intel Core i5-7260U scores 906 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 2,016 points.
Intel Core i5-7260U

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i5-7260U. 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 i5-7260U.

Name: Intel Core i5-7260U
Family: Intel Core i5 (328)
CPU group: Intel Core i 7000U (18)
Architecture: Kaby Lake U
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 7
Predecessor: Intel Core i5-6260U
Successor: Intel Core i5-8260U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-7260U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-7260U is 2.20 GHz (3.40 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: 2.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 3.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): 3.40 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-7260U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i5-7260U uses the Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640, which has 384 texture shaders and 48 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
GPU frequency: 0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 0.95 GHz
Compute units: 48
Shader: 384
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q2/2016
Max. displays: 3
Generation: 9.5
Direct X: 12
Technology: 14 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 32 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): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 32 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 34.1 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-2133
34.1 GB/s
Max. Memory: 32 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth: 11.8 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: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-7260U 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 1356
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: Q4/2016
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-7260U 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.
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2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
907
Intel Celeron G5920 Intel Celeron G5920
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
907
Intel Core i7-7700T Intel Core i7-7700T
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
907
Intel Core i5-7260U Intel Core i5-7260U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
906
Intel Core i7-4960HQ Intel Core i7-4960HQ
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz
906
Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3 Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
906
Intel Core i7-4770R Intel Core i7-4770R
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
906

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 i7-2710QE Intel Core i7-2710QE
4C 8T @ 2.10 GHz
2026
AMD Athlon 220GE AMD Athlon 220GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
2023
Intel Core i3-8109U Intel Core i3-8109U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
2021
Intel Core i5-7260U Intel Core i5-7260U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
2016
MediaTek MT8188J MediaTek MT8188J
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
2016
AMD Athlon Gold 7220C AMD Athlon Gold 7220C
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2011
AMD Athlon PRO 300GE AMD Athlon PRO 300GE
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
2011

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.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
24C 48T @ 4.20 GHz
1193
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz
1193
Intel Core i5-4690 Intel Core i5-4690
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz
1193
Intel Core i5-7260U Intel Core i5-7260U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1192
Intel Core i5-6585R Intel Core i5-6585R
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
1192
Intel Core i3-4370 Intel Core i3-4370
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
1190
Intel Xeon Silver 4208 Intel Xeon Silver 4208
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
1189

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.
MediaTek Dimensity 7050 MediaTek Dimensity 7050
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
2512
MediaTek Dimensity 820 MediaTek Dimensity 820
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
2512
MediaTek Dimensity 1080 MediaTek Dimensity 1080
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
2509
Intel Core i5-7260U Intel Core i5-7260U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
2503
Intel Core i5-7360U Intel Core i5-7360U
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
2493
Intel Core i3-7300 Intel Core i3-7300
2C 4T @ 4.00 GHz
2493
Intel Core i7-3720QM Intel Core i7-3720QM
4C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
2489

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.
HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G
ARM Mali-G76 MP16 @ 0.60 GHz
737
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
ARM Mali-G76 MP16 @ 0.60 GHz
737
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Qualcomm Adreno 630 @ 0.70 GHz
737
Intel Core i5-7260U Intel Core i5-7260U
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 @ 0.95 GHz
730
Intel Core i7-4550U Intel Core i7-4550U
Intel HD Graphics 5000 @ 1.10 GHz
704
Intel Core i5-4278U Intel Core i5-4278U
Intel Iris Graphics 5100 @ 1.10 GHz
704
Intel Core i7-4650U Intel Core i7-4650U
Intel HD Graphics 5000 @ 1.10 GHz
704

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 i3-10110U Intel Core i3-10110U
2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
3962
Intel Pentium Gold G6400E Intel Pentium Gold G6400E
2C 4T @ 3.80 GHz
3956
MediaTek Helio G96 MediaTek Helio G96
8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz
3945
Intel Core i5-7260U Intel Core i5-7260U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
3944
Intel Core i5-3340S Intel Core i5-3340S
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
3922
AMD Athlon 300U AMD Athlon 300U
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
3917
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
3911

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 Core i7-4790 Intel Core i7-4790
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
145
Intel Core i7-4790S Intel Core i7-4790S
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
145
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2
6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz
145
Intel Core i5-7260U Intel Core i5-7260U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
144
Intel Core i7-4870HQ Intel Core i7-4870HQ
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
144
Intel Core i7-6600U Intel Core i7-6600U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
144
Intel Core i7-6650U Intel Core i7-6650U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
144

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 Ryzen Embedded R1606G AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
366
Intel Core i3-4340 Intel Core i3-4340
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
363
Intel Core i3-4350 Intel Core i3-4350
2C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
363
Intel Core i5-7260U Intel Core i5-7260U
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
362
AMD Phenom II X4 975 AMD Phenom II X4 975
4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz
362
Intel Core i5-4590T Intel Core i5-4590T
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
361
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
360

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