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Intel Core i5-5300U vs Intel Core i5-5257U

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.

Intel Core i5-5257U

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The Intel Core i5-5257U is a fast dual-core processor based on the Broadwell architecture, which has been launched in January 2015. With a TDP of 28 W, the CPU is suited for medium-sized ultrabooks and notebooks (MacBook Pro 13), whereas smaller devices will use more power efficient ULV models such as the Core i5-5200U (15 W TDP). In addition to two CPU cores with Hyper-Threading clocked at 2.7 - 3.1 GHz (2 Cores: 3.1 GHz as well), the chip also integrates an Iris Graphics 6100 GPU and a dual-channel LPDDR3-1866/DDR3L-1600 memory controller. The Core i5 is manufactured in a 14 nm process with FinFET transistors.

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 i5-5257U almost matches the slightly higher clocked predecessors Core i7-4558U and Core i5-4308U (Haswell, 28 W). Thus, the CPU has sufficient power even for demanding applications and multitasking.

Graphics

The integrated Iris Graphics 6100 offers 48 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 300 - 1050 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 Iris Graphics 6100 is about 20 - 25 percent faster than the former Iris Graphics 5100. 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 officially supported.

Power Consumption

The i5-5257U is rated at a TDP of 28 W including the graphics card, memory controller, VRMs and the integrated chipset. Therefore, the CPU is suited for medium-sized ultrabooks 13-inches or greater.

ModelIntel Core i5-5300UIntel Core i5-5257U
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 i5-5257U2.7 - 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 i5-5250U compare1.6 - 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 « 2.7 - 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 compare1.6 - 2.7 GHz2 / 4 cores3 MB L3
Clock2300 - 2900 MHz2700 - 3100 MHz
L1 Cache128 KB128 KB
L2 Cache512 KB512 KB
L3 Cache3 MB3 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 4
TDP15 Watt28 Watt
Transistors1300 Million1900 Million
Technology14 nm14 nm
Die Size82 mm2133 mm2
max. Temp.105 °C105 °C
SocketBGA
FeaturesDDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vPro, AES-NILPDDR3-1866/DDR3L-1600 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI
iGPUIntel HD Graphics 5500 (300 - 900 MHz)Intel Iris Graphics 6100 (300 - 1050 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
$281 U.S.$315 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 250     avg: 269.5     median: 270 (2%)     max: 281 Points
min: 278     avg: 305     median: 316 (2%)     max: 321 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 99     avg: 114.3     median: 117 (35%)     max: 118 Points
min: 115     avg: 121.7     median: 124 (37%)     max: 126 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 2.71     avg: 3     median: 3 (4%)     max: 3.08 Points
min: 3.21     avg: 3.4     median: 3.4 (4%)     max: 3.53 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 1.22     avg: 1.3     median: 1.4 (34%)     max: 1.37 Points
min: 1.24     avg: 1.4     median: 1.4 (35%)     max: 1.49 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 3941     avg: 4391     median: 4429 (27%)     max: 4512 Points
min: 4684     avg: 4800     median: 4825 (29%)     max: 4890 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 6324     avg: 8941     median: 9312 (7%)     max: 9461 Points
min: 10309     avg: 10582     median: 10674 (8%)     max: 10763 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 11069     avg: 11742     median: 11922 (8%)     max: 12052 Points
13932 Points (10%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 5673     avg: 5879     median: 5899 (7%)     max: 5987 Points
6379 Points (8%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
100%
1 5300U +
min: 536     avg: 577     median: 571.5 (7%)     max: 628 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
100%
1 5300U +
min: 17.05     avg: 17.9     median: 18.1 (4%)     max: 18.22 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 2255     avg: 2375     median: 2372.5 (4%)     max: 2501 Points
2608 Points (4%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 15.53     avg: 16.6     median: 16.6 (6%)     max: 17.51 fps
20.2 fps (7%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 82.6     avg: 87.7     median: 88 (20%)     max: 92.1 fps
107.3 fps (25%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.15     avg: 0.2     median: 0.2 (0%)     max: 0.153 GB/s
0.2 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.24     avg: 0.3     median: 0.3 (5%)     max: 0.263 GB/s
0.3 GB/s (5%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 1.5     avg: 1.6     median: 1.6 (4%)     max: 1.6 GB/s
1.9 GB/s (5%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 3404     avg: 3623     median: 3665 (8%)     max: 3704 Points
4190 Points (9%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 13     avg: 13.5     median: 13.5 (3%)     max: 13.83 s
12.4 s (3%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 30     avg: 31     median: 30.9 (1%)     max: 32.28 s
28.2 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 679     avg: 699     median: 687 (3%)     max: 757 s
625 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 9261     avg: 9700     median: 9808 (9%)     max: 10032 Points
11407 Points (10%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 2982     avg: 3473     median: 3439 (9%)     max: 3880 Points
min: 3861     avg: 3948     median: 3898 (11%)     max: 4084 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 29376     avg: 34094     median: 34144.5 (28%)     max: 38075 Points
min: 38688     avg: 40143     median: 40199 (33%)     max: 41542 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 34108     avg: 35073     median: 35073 (28%)     max: 36038 Points
39880 Points (32%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 39013     avg: 39369     median: 39368.5 (33%)     max: 39724 Points
45143 Points (38%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 2815     avg: 3077     median: 3113.5 (8%)     max: 3253 Points
min: 3527     avg: 3576     median: 3594 (9%)     max: 3606 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 4046     avg: 4382     median: 4413 (8%)     max: 4540 Points
min: 5069     avg: 5147     median: 5164 (9%)     max: 5207 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 5214     avg: 5443     median: 5406 (10%)     max: 5684 Points
min: 6280     avg: 6401     median: 6400.5 (11%)     max: 6521 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 2607     avg: 2698     median: 2647.5 (52%)     max: 2832 Points
min: 2941     avg: 3014     median: 3013.5 (59%)     max: 3086 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 5257U +
6883 Points (11%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 5257U +
3280 Points (49%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
5267 Points (42%)
8716 Points (70%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
5055 Points (46%)
7154 Points (65%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
6205 Points (12%)
7125 Points (14%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
5783 Points (12%)
6533 Points (13%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
5733 Points (15%)
7082 Points (19%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 2371     avg: 2417     median: 2394 (3%)     max: 2585 ms
min: 1196     avg: 1567     median: 1567 (2%)     max: 1938 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 101.2     avg: 106.6     median: 106.3 (1%)     max: 114.3 ms
min: 82.7     avg: 109.7     median: 88.4 (1%)     max: 158.1 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 12123     avg: 13383     median: 13403 (12%)     max: 14386 Points
min: 20689     avg: 25070     median: 25070 (23%)     max: 29451 Points

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-5300U → 100% n=35

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-5257U → 117% n=35

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