Intel Core i5 10210U vs i3 1115G4

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5 10210U with 4-cores against the 1.7-3.0 GHz i3 1115G4 with 2-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 1115G4 and 10210U
Advantages of Intel Core i5 10210U
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.2 GHz vs 4.1 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1115G4
  • Newer - released 1-year and 1-month later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 31% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1263 vs 965 points

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 10210U and i3 1115G4

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released August 21, 2019 September 2, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Comet Lake Tiger Lake
Model number i5-10210U i3-1115G4
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 620 UHD Graphics Xe G4

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.6 GHz 1.7-3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 2
Total Threads 8 4
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 16x 17-30x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s 4 GT/s
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication process 14 nm 10 nm
Socket BGA-1528 BGA-1449
TDP 15 W 12-28 W (configurable)
Peak temperature 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 620 Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1100 MHz 1250 MHz
Shading Units 192 384
TMUs 24 24
ROPs 3 12
Execution Units 24 48
TGP 15 W 15 W
Max. Resolution 4096x2304 - 60 Hz -
iGPU FLOPS
0.38 TFLOPS
0.84 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133 DDR4-3200, LPDDR4X-3733
Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.66 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official site Intel Core i5 10210U official page Intel Core i3 1115G4 official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 16
Extended instructions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2 -

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