Intel Processor N200 vs Core i5 10210U

We compared two 4-core laptop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz Intel Processor N200 against the 1.6 GHz Core i5 10210U. 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
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 10210U and N200
Advantages of Intel Processor N200
  • Newer - released 3 years and 5 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
Advantages of Intel Core i5 10210U
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-2666 RAM
  • 42% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1286 vs 903 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

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

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 321.5 MB/sec 275.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 13.4 Klines/sec 14.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 72.5 pages/sec 79.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 82.8 Mpixels/sec 100.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 98.7 pages/sec 118.3 pages/sec
Background blur 12.5 images/sec 17.9 images/sec
Photo processing 25.9 images/sec 34.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.53 Mpixels/sec 4.44 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 481 & 981 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 15.7 GOps/sec 22.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 9.9 GOps/sec 13.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 19M Primes/sec 18M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 5.8M Strings/sec 10.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 3.4 GBytes/sec 2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 46.7 MBytes/sec 79.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 330 Frames/sec 406 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 2.3B Matrices/sec 5.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 541 & 7049 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.2 PPW 9.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 457.8 PPW 213 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 758.2 PPW 403.9 PPW
Blender / Watt - 2.59 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 Processor N200
No benchmark results yet
Intel Core i5 10210U
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-01-17 (Gamcoaster)Cinebench 202450 / 140

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Processor N200 and Core i5 10210U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 3, 2023 August 21, 2019
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Comet Lake
Model number N200 i5-10210U
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32 EU) UHD Graphics 620

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores - 4
P-Threads - 8
Base Frequency (P) - 1.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) - 4.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 16x
Bus Bandwidth - 4 GT/s
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (shared) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 6 W 15 W
Socket BGA-1264 BGA-1528
Peak Temperature 105°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32 EU) Intel UHD Graphics 620
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 750 MHz 1100 MHz
Shading Units 256 192
TMUs 16 24
ROPs 8 3
Execution Units 32 24
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.4 TFLOPS
0.4 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-4800
- DDR4-2666
- LPDDR3-2133
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 1 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 41.66 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Processor N200 official page Intel Core i5 10210U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 9 16

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