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Intel Core i5-5250U vs Intel Core i5-5300U

Intel Core i5-5250U

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The Intel Core i5-5250U is an ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core processor based on the Broadwell architecture, which has been launched in January 2015. In addition to two CPU cores with Hyper-Threading clocked at 1.6 - 2.7 GHz (2 Cores: 2.5 GHz), the chip also integrates an HD Graphics 6000 GPU and a dual-channel LPDDR3-1866/DDR3L-1600 memory controller. The Core i5 is manufactured in a 14 nm process with FinFET transistors.

Compared to the Core i5-5200U, the i5-5250U features a lower CPU base clock, but integrates a somewhat faster GPU.

Architecture

Broadwell represents the "Tick" in Intel's Tick-Tock model, which means a shrink of its predecessor Haswell. The new 14 nm manufacturing process with three-dimensional FinFET transistors allows not only improvements in energy efficiency, but also a significantly smaller die size fit for more compact packages and devices.

Further advantages result from the revised microarchitecture of Broadwell. Due to its improved branch prediction, bigger buffer sizes (1500 instead of 1000 entries in the L2 TLB) and other tweaks, the performance per clock has been increased by more than 5 percent over its predecessor. There are also some new instruction set extensions designed for cryptographic applications.

Performance

Thanks to its improved architecture, the Core i5-5250U ends up 5 - 15 percent faster than the slightly lower clocked Core i5-4250U and matches the Core i5-4350U (both Haswell). Thus, the CPU has sufficient power for office and multimedia purposes as well as more demanding applications and multitasking.

Graphics

The integrated HD Graphics 6000 offers 48 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 300 - 1000 MHz. Similar to the CPU core, the GPU architecture (Intel Gen 8) has been thoroughly revised for improved performance-per-clock. In addition, the GPU benefits from faster memory speeds up to LPDDR3-1866 (Haswell: DDR3-1600). Overall, the HD Graphics 6000 is about 20 - 25 percent faster than the former HD Graphics 5000 (40 EUs), part of the Haswell generation. Nevertheless, demanding games as of 2015 will be playable only in low or medium settings.

Broadwell is the first Intel chip to fully support DirectX 11.2 as well as OpenCL 1.3/2.0 and OpenGL 4.3. Video will output natively via DisplayPort 1.2 or HDMI 1.4a. However, the new HDMI 2.0 standard is not supported.

Power Consumption

The i5-5250U is rated at a TDP of 15 W (9.5 W cTDP Down) including the graphics card, memory controller, VRMs and the integrated chipset. Therefore, the CPU is suited even for small ultrabooks 11-inches and greater.

Intel Core i5-5300U

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The Intel Core i5-5300U is an ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core processor based on the Broadwell architecture, which has been launched in January 2015. In addition to two CPU cores with Hyper-Threading clocked at 2.3 - 2.9 GHz (2 Cores: 2.7 GHz), the chip also integrates an HD Graphics 5500 GPU and a dual-channel DDR3(L)-1600 memory controller. The Core i5 is manufactured in a 14 nm process with FinFET transistors.

Compared to the Core i5-5350U, the i5-5300U features a higher CPU base clock, but integrates a somewhat slower GPU.

Architecture

Broadwell represents the "Tick" in Intel's Tick-Tock model, which means a shrink of its predecessor Haswell. The new 14 nm manufacturing process with three-dimensional FinFET transistors allows not only improvements in energy efficiency, but also a significantly smaller die size fit for more compact packages and devices.

Further advantages result from the revised microarchitecture of Broadwell. Due to its improved branch prediction, bigger buffer sizes (1500 instead of 1000 entries in the L2 TLB) and other tweaks, the performance per clock has been increased by more than 5 percent over its predecessor. There are also some new instruction set extensions designed for cryptographic applications.

Performance

Thanks to its improved architecture, the Core i5-5300U ends up 5 - 15 percent faster than the slightly lower clocked Core i5-4300U and beats the Core i7-4510U (both Haswell). Thus, the CPU has sufficient power for office and multimedia purposes as well as more demanding applications and multitasking.

Graphics

The integrated HD Graphics 5500 offers 24 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 300 - 900 MHz. Similar to the CPU core, the GPU architecture (Intel Gen 8) has been thoroughly revised for improved performance-per-clock. Therefore, the HD Graphics 5500 is able to outperform the HD Graphics 4400 (20 EUs) as well as the HD Graphics 5000 (40 EUs), both part of the Haswell generation. Nevertheless, most games as of 2015 will be playable only in low settings.

Broadwell is the first Intel chip to fully support DirectX 11.2 as well as OpenCL 1.3/2.0 and OpenGL 4.3. Video will output natively via DisplayPort 1.2 or HDMI 1.4a. However, the new HDMI 2.0 standard is not supported.

Power Consumption

The i5-5300U is rated at a TDP of 15 W (7.5 W cTDP Down) including the graphics card, memory controller, VRMs and the integrated chipset. Therefore, the CPU is suited even for small ultrabooks 11-inches and greater.

ModelIntel Core i5-5250UIntel Core i5-5300U
SeriesIntel Core i5Intel Core i5
CodenameBroadwellBroadwell
Series: Core i5 Broadwell
Intel Core i5-5350H compare3 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-5287U compare2.9 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-5257U compare2.7 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-5300U2.3 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-5350U compare1.8 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-5200U compare2.2 - 2.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-5250U « 1.6 - 2.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-5350H compare3 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i5-5287U compare2.9 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-5257U compare2.7 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-5300U « 2.3 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-5350U compare1.8 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-5200U compare2.2 - 2.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Intel Core i5-5250U1.6 - 2.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Clock1600 - 2700 MHz2300 - 2900 MHz
L1 Cache128 KB128 KB
L2 Cache512 KB512 KB
L3 Cache3 MB3 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 4
TDP15 Watt15 Watt
Transistors1900 Million1300 Million
Technology14 nm14 nm
Die Size133 mm282 mm2
max. Temp.105 °C105 °C
SocketBGABGA
FeaturesLPDDR3-1866/DDR3L-1600 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NIDDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vPro, AES-NI
iGPUIntel HD Graphics 6000 (300 - 1000 MHz)Intel HD Graphics 5500 (300 - 900 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
$315 U.S.$281 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
100%
1 5250U +
1529 Points (1%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
100%
1 5250U +
660 Points (28%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
100%
1 5250U +
251 Points (28%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
100%
1 5250U +
585 Points (1%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 249     avg: 257.5     median: 260 (2%)     max: 261 Points
min: 250     avg: 269.5     median: 270 (2%)     max: 281 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 77     avg: 100.3     median: 107 (32%)     max: 110 Points
min: 99     avg: 114.3     median: 117 (35%)     max: 118 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 2.72     avg: 2.8     median: 2.8 (4%)     max: 2.86 Points
min: 2.71     avg: 3     median: 3 (4%)     max: 3.08 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 1.03     avg: 1.2     median: 1.2 (29%)     max: 1.28 Points
min: 1.22     avg: 1.3     median: 1.4 (34%)     max: 1.37 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 4065     avg: 4104     median: 4104 (25%)     max: 4143 Points
min: 3941     avg: 4391     median: 4429 (27%)     max: 4512 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 8687     avg: 8721     median: 8721 (6%)     max: 8755 Points
min: 6324     avg: 8941     median: 9312 (7%)     max: 9461 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 11202     avg: 11307     median: 11307 (8%)     max: 11412 Points
min: 11069     avg: 11742     median: 11922 (8%)     max: 12052 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 5419     avg: 5470     median: 5470 (7%)     max: 5521 Points
min: 5673     avg: 5879     median: 5899 (7%)     max: 5987 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
620 s (7%)
min: 536     avg: 577     median: 571.5 (7%)     max: 628 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
19.5 s (4%)
min: 17.05     avg: 17.9     median: 18.1 (4%)     max: 18.22 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 2385     avg: 2423     median: 2423 (4%)     max: 2461 Points
min: 2255     avg: 2375     median: 2372.5 (4%)     max: 2501 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
100%
1 5250U +
7157 MIPS (4%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
100%
1 5250U +
3017 MIPS (36%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
16.5 fps (6%)
min: 15.53     avg: 16.6     median: 16.6 (6%)     max: 17.51 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
88.5 fps (20%)
min: 82.6     avg: 87.7     median: 88 (20%)     max: 92.1 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
100%
1 5250U +
2 fps (4%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.121     avg: 0.1     median: 0.1 (0%)     max: 0.142 GB/s
min: 0.15     avg: 0.2     median: 0.2 (0%)     max: 0.153 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.239     avg: 0.2     median: 0.2 (4%)     max: 0.245 GB/s
min: 0.24     avg: 0.3     median: 0.3 (5%)     max: 0.263 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
1.5 GB/s (4%)
min: 1.5     avg: 1.6     median: 1.6 (4%)     max: 1.6 GB/s
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
100%
1 5250U +
3192 Seconds (41%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
100%
1 5250U +
1.1 sec (23%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 3355     avg: 3393     median: 3393 (7%)     max: 3431 Points
min: 3404     avg: 3623     median: 3665 (8%)     max: 3704 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 14     avg: 15     median: 15 (3%)     max: 16 s
min: 13     avg: 13.5     median: 13.5 (3%)     max: 13.83 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 32     avg: 32.5     median: 32.5 (1%)     max: 33 s
min: 30     avg: 31     median: 30.9 (1%)     max: 32.28 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 711     avg: 722     median: 722 (3%)     max: 733 s
min: 679     avg: 699     median: 687 (3%)     max: 757 s
SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) - SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)
100%
1 5250U +
42540 MIPS (20%)
SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) - SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)
100%
1 5250U +
37340 MFLOPS (29%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 CPU
100%
1 5250U +
7 Points (90%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 9513     avg: 9633     median: 9633 (8%)     max: 9753 Points
min: 9261     avg: 9700     median: 9808 (9%)     max: 10032 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 3408     avg: 3587     median: 3586.5 (10%)     max: 3765 Points
min: 2982     avg: 3473     median: 3439 (9%)     max: 3880 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 33621     avg: 34468     median: 34468 (28%)     max: 35315 Points
min: 29376     avg: 34094     median: 34144.5 (28%)     max: 38075 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 5300U +
min: 34108     avg: 35073     median: 35073 (28%)     max: 36038 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 5300U +
min: 39013     avg: 39369     median: 39368.5 (33%)     max: 39724 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 2846     avg: 2919     median: 2918.5 (7%)     max: 2991 Points
min: 2815     avg: 3077     median: 3113.5 (8%)     max: 3253 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 4074     avg: 4152     median: 4152 (7%)     max: 4230 Points
min: 4046     avg: 4382     median: 4413 (8%)     max: 4540 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
100%
1 5250U +
1198 Points (5%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 5250U +
691 Points (29%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 5250U +
1427 Points (3%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 5250U +
3280 Points (33%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 5250U +
5758 Points (6%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 5137     avg: 5216     median: 5215.5 (9%)     max: 5294 Points
min: 5214     avg: 5443     median: 5406 (10%)     max: 5684 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 2559     avg: 2638     median: 2637.5 (52%)     max: 2716 Points
min: 2607     avg: 2698     median: 2647.5 (52%)     max: 2832 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
6250 Points (50%)
5267 Points (42%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
5781 Points (52%)
5055 Points (46%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
9580 Points (19%)
6205 Points (12%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
4673 Points (9%)
5783 Points (12%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
6769 Points (18%)
5733 Points (15%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 5300U +
min: 2371     avg: 2417     median: 2394 (3%)     max: 2585 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 117.2     avg: 171.3     median: 171.3 (2%)     max: 225.4 ms
min: 101.2     avg: 106.6     median: 106.3 (1%)     max: 114.3 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 5300U +
min: 12123     avg: 13383     median: 13403 (12%)     max: 14386 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
100%
1 5250U +
69.8 Points (20%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 5250U +
33.7 Watt (6%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 5250U +
21.7 Watt (4%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
100%
1 5250U +
11.5 Points per Watt (9%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-5250U → 100% n=33

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-5300U → 102% n=33

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