Intel Core i5-10210U

The Intel Core i5-10210U is a power efficient quad-core SoC for notebooks based on the Comet Lake (CML-U) generation and was announced in August 2019. Compared to the similar Whiskey Lake processors (e.g. Core i5-8665U), the only difference is support for higher memory speeds (up to LPDDR4-2933 vs DDR4-2400) and two additional cores in the top model (not in this i5). The processor cores are clocked between 1.6 and 4.2 GHz (all 4 cores 3.9 GHz max). Thanks to Hyper-Threading 8 threads can be used. Compared to the faster i5-10510U, the level 3 cache was reduced from 8 to 6 MB. More information on Comet Lake and all the models and articles on it can be found here.

Thanks to the high clock speeds, the processor performance of the i5-10210U is very good for its class. It should outperform the Whiskey Lake i5-8365U slightly and also Ice Lake i5 processors if the cooling and TDP settings are not limiting.

The integrated graphics card however is still the same as in the previous generations. It's still called Intel UHD Graphics 620 and clocked from 300 - 1100 MHz in the i5. Furthermore, the SoC integrates a VP9 and H.265 de- and encoder.

The chip is still produced in the 14nm++ process as Whiskey Lake. The TDP (PL1) is specified at 15 Watts but can be varied from 10 to 25 Watt from the manufacturer (cTDP up/down) resulting in different performance (especially Turbo durations). To provide the full performance, Intel proposes a short power peak of 82 W (PL4) for the i5 (compared to 90W for the 6-core i7), 11 W more than comparable Whiskey Lake parts.

Series	Intel Comet Lake
Codename	Comet Lake-U
Series: Comet Lake Comet Lake-U	Intel Core i7-10810U 1.1 - 4.9 GHz 6 / 12 12 MB Intel Core i7-10710U 1.1 - 4.7 GHz 6 / 12 12 MB Intel Core i7-10610U 1.8 - 4.9 GHz 4 / 8 8 MB Intel Core i7-10510U 1.8 - 4.8 GHz 4 / 8 8 MB Intel Core i5-10310U 1.7 - 4.4 GHz 4 / 8 6 MB » Intel Core i5-10210U 1.6 - 4.2 GHz 4 / 8 6 MB Intel Core i3-10110U 2.1 - 4.1 GHz 2 / 4 4 MB Intel Pentium Gold 6405U 2.4 GHz 2 / 4 2 MB Intel Celeron 5205U 1.9 GHz 2 / 2 2 MB
Clock Rate	1600 - 4200 MHz
Level 1 Cache	256 KB
Level 2 Cache	1 MB
Level 3 Cache	6 MB
Number of Cores / Threads	4 / 8
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)	15 Watt
Manufacturing Technology	14 nm
Socket	FCBGA1528
Features	Dual-Channel DDR4 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI
GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 620 (300 - 1100 MHz)
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Architecture	x86
Announcement Date	09/01/2019

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