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Intel Core i5 10210U vs i3 1215U

27 out of 100
Intel Core i5 10210U
VS
42 out of 100
Intel Core i3 1215U
Intel Core i5 10210U
Intel Core i3 1215U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5 10210U with 4-cores against the 1.2 GHz i3 1215U with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 1215U and 10210U
Advantages of Intel Core i3 1215U
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) integrated graphics: 1.1 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 70% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2184 vs 1286 points
  • Newer - released 2 years and 6 months later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 10210U
vs
Core i3 1215U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i5 10210U
1286
Core i3 1215U +70%
2184
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 10210U
3195
Core i3 1215U +77%
5662
File compression 275.3 MB/sec 356.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 14.5 Klines/sec 45.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 79.7 pages/sec 117.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 100.4 Mpixels/sec 180.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 118.3 pages/sec 224.7 pages/sec
Background blur 17.9 images/sec 18.9 images/sec
Photo processing 34.6 images/sec 54.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.44 Mpixels/sec 9.45 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 981 & 1106 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 10210U
2109
Core i3 1215U +47%
3101
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 10210U
6059
Core i3 1215U +67%
10106
Integer math 22.6 GOps/sec 34.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 13.6 GOps/sec 24.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 18M Primes/sec 30M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 10.7M Strings/sec 12.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 2 GBytes/sec 6.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 79.2 MBytes/sec 113.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 406 Frames/sec 546 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 5.3B Matrices/sec 6.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 7049 & 3915 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 10210U
38.84
Core i3 1215U +52%
58.9

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9.3 PPW 18.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 213 PPW 377.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 403.9 PPW 673.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.59 PPW 3.93 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 10210U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-17 (Gamcoaster)Cinebench 202450 / 140
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Intel Core i3 1215U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Shanmukh)Geekbench 6 CPU2126 / 6248
πŸ“˜ 2023-11-06 (goryn81)Cinebench 202489 / 283
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 10210U and i3 1215U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released August 21, 2019 February 23, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Comet Lake Alder Lake
Model number i5-10210U i3-1215U
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 620 UHD Graphics (64EU)
Successor - - Intel Core 3 100U

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.6 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 0.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 16x 12x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 10MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 15 W 12-15 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 55 W
Socket BGA-1528 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 620 Intel UHD Graphics (64EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1100 MHz 1100 MHz
Shading Units 192 512
TMUs 24 32
ROPs 3 16
Execution Units 24 64
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 10210U
0.4 TFLOPS
Core i3 1215U +175%
1.1 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics (64 EU) compared to Graphics 620

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2666
- LPDDR3-2133		 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
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 1215U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

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Comments

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