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Intel Core i5-10210U vs AMD Ryzen 5 3580U vs Intel Celeron 5205U

Intel Core i5-10210U

► remove from comparison Intel 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.

The integrated graphics adapter 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.

Performance

The average 10210U in our database is just as fast as the AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, the Intel Core i7-8565U and the Intel Core i5-1035G1 are, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. While the i5 is not a performance monster, it sails through basic day-to-day workloads with little effort.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term power limit of 30 W, the Frost Canyon NUC (NUC10i5FNK) is among the fastest systems powered by the 10210U that we know of. It can be more than twice as fast in CPU-bound workloads as the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Power consumption

This Core i5 series chip has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 15 W, a value that laptop makers are free to change to anything between 10 W and 25 W with clock speeds and performance changing accordingly as a result. By going for the lowest value, it is possible to build a passively cooled system around the i5. Please note that Comet Lake-U processors can briefly consume as much as 80 W or even 90 W when under heavy loads.

The Core i5-10210U is built with one of the old 14 nm Intel processes for very low, as of mid 2023, energy efficiency.

AMD Ryzen 5 3580U

► remove from comparison AMD R5 3580U

The AMD Ryzen 5 3580U, a Microsoft Surface Edition chip, is a mobile SoC that was announced in October 2019 as part of the Surface Book 15. It combines four Zen+ cores (8 threads) clocked at 2.2 - 3.8 GHz with a Radeon RX Vega 9 graphics adapter with 9 CUs (576 Shaders) clocked at up to 1300 MHz. Compared to the similar Ryzen 5 3500U, the 3580 integrates a faster GPU with 9 instead of 8 CUs.

The Picasso SoCs use the Zen+ microarchitecture with slight improvements that should lead to a 3% IPS (performance per clock) improvements. Furthermore, the 12nm process allows higher clock rates at similar power consumptions.

The integrated dual-channel memory controller supports up to DDR4-2400 memory. As the features of the Picasso APUs are the same compared to the Raven Ridge predecessors, we point to our Raven Ridge launch article.

Performance

The average 3580U in our extensive database is in the same league as the Core i5-1035G7 and also the Core i7-10510U, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This is a fairly decent result, as of mid 2021.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 5 has a default TDP (also known as the long-term power limit) of 15 W, a value that laptop manufacturers - or should we say, Microsoft - are allowed to change to anything between 12 W and 35 W with clock speeds and performance changing correspondingly. Those values are not low enough to allow for fan-free designs, for better or worse.

The CPU is built with a fairly old, as of late 2022, 12 nm process for lower-than-average energy efficiency.

Intel Celeron 5205U

► remove from comparison Intel Celeron 5205U

The Intel Celeron 5205U is a power efficient entry-level dual-core SoC for notebooks based on the Comet Lake (CML-U) generation and was announced in October 2019. Compared to the similar Whiskey Lake Celeron 4205U processors, the difference is the higher clock speed (+100 MHz) and support for faster memory. The processor cores are clocked at only 1.9 GHz (no Turbo) and don't support SMT / HyperThreading (so only 2 threads). More information on Comet Lake and all the models and articles on it can be found here.

The integrated graphics adapter is still the same as in the previous generations. It is called only Intel UHD Graphics but is still the same Intel UHD Graphics 610 like in the Pentium 4205U. Furthermore, the SoC integrates a VP9 and H.265 de- and encoder and an integrated dual channel LPDDR3-2133/DDR4-2400 memory controller (compared to DDR4-2666 in the faster and costlier Core i3/i5/i7 processors).

Performance

While we have not tested a single system powered by the 5205U as of August 2023, it's safe to expect the chip to be about half as fast as the Core i3-10110U (Comet Lake, 2 cores, 4 threads, up to 4.1 GHz). Which is nothing to write home about, really, as of mid 2022.

Power consumption

This Celeron has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 15 W. Intel officialy allows laptop manufacturers to reduce that value somewhat, 12.5 W being the lower limit, resulting in lower clock speeds and lower performance. Unlike most Comet Lake family processors, Celeron 5205U is fairly likely to actually stick to that limitation as its cores are not Boost-enabled.

Last but not the least, this CPU is manufactured on an old, as of late 2022, 14 nm Intel process making for subpar energy efficiency.

ModelIntel Core i5-10210UAMD Ryzen 5 3580UIntel Celeron 5205U
CodenameComet Lake-UPicasso-U (Zen+)Comet Lake-U
SeriesIntel Comet LakeAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)Intel Comet Lake
Series: Comet Lake Comet Lake-U
Intel Core i7-10810U1.1 - 4.9 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10710U1.1 - 4.7 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10610U1.8 - 4.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10510U1.8 - 4.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10310U1.7 - 4.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10210U « 1.6 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i3-10110U2.1 - 4.1 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 5305U2.3 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron 5205U1.9 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD Ryzen 7 3780U2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U2.3 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3550H2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3450U2.1 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 3580U « 2.1 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10810U1.1 - 4.9 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10710U1.1 - 4.7 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10610U1.8 - 4.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10510U1.8 - 4.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10310U1.7 - 4.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10210U1.6 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i3-10110U2.1 - 4.1 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 5305U2.3 GHz2 / 2 cores
Intel Celeron 5205U « 1.9 GHz2 / 2 cores
Clock1600 - 4200 MHz2100 - 3700 MHz1900 MHz
L1 Cache256 KB384 KB
L2 Cache1 MB2 MB
L3 Cache6 MB4 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 84 / 82 / 2
TDP15 Watt15 Watt15 Watt
Technology14 nm12 nm14 nm
max. Temp.100 °C105 °C100 °C
SocketBGA1528FP5BGA1528
FeaturesLPDDR3-2133/DDR4-2666/LPDDR4-2933 RAM, PCIe 3, 4 GT/s bus, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMEP, SMAP, MPX, EIST, TM1, TM2, Hyper-Threading, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SGXDDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHALPDDR3-2133/DDR4-2400 RAM, PCIe 2, 4 GT/s bus, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMEP, SMAP, MPX, EIST, TM1, TM2, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SGX
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 620 (300 - 1100 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 9 ( - 1300 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 610 (300 - 900 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comwww.amd.comark.intel.com
Transistors4500 Million
$107 U.S.

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-10210U
27.1 pt (45%)
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Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 3580U
24.8 pt (41%)
Restrict / Search: Model: Max. age: years
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 1794     avg: 3321     median: 3794 (4%)     max: 4376 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 797     avg: 974     median: 1062 (45%)     max: 1063 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 322     avg: 406.8     median: 415 (45%)     max: 428 Points
352 Points (38%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 722     avg: 1279     median: 1242 (3%)     max: 1820 Points
1549 Points (4%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 320     avg: 609     median: 616 (4%)     max: 790 Points
693 Points (4%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 134     avg: 165.6     median: 166 (46%)     max: 174 Points
139 Points (39%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 5.69     avg: 7.3     median: 7.5 (10%)     max: 8.66 Points
7.8 Points (10%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 1.71     avg: 1.9     median: 1.9 (45%)     max: 1.91 Points
1.7 Points (39%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 6410     avg: 6478     median: 6412 (39%)     max: 6613 Points
4525 Points (27%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 15037     avg: 17758     median: 16072 (12%)     max: 22164 Points
18307 Points (13%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
217.8 s (3%)
274.7 s (3%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
6.8 s (1%)
7.2 s (1%)
wPrime 1.55 - wPrime 1.55 1024m *
398 s (2%)
wPrime 1.55 - wPrime 1.55 32m *
11.3 s (6%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
4213 Points (7%)
2924 Points (5%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
min: 10920     avg: 16808     median: 16742 (10%)     max: 21679 MIPS
15209 MIPS (9%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 3504     avg: 4205     median: 4261 (50%)     max: 4467 MIPS
3572 MIPS (42%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 33.41     avg: 42.2     median: 43.9 (15%)     max: 49.35 fps
40.1 fps (13%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 149.1     avg: 167.7     median: 169.5 (39%)     max: 184.5 fps
135.3 fps (31%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 2.36     avg: 4.3     median: 4.3 (8%)     max: 6.28 fps
4.1 fps (7%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.48     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (14%)     max: 0.491 GB/s
0.4 GB/s (12%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.79     avg: 0.8     median: 0.8 (14%)     max: 0.802 GB/s
0.6 GB/s (10%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 4.6     avg: 4.7     median: 4.7 (12%)     max: 4.7 GB/s
3.5 GB/s (9%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 585     avg: 859     median: 829 (6%)     max: 1339 Seconds
710 Seconds (5%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.658     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (15%)     max: 0.901 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 6167     avg: 6403     median: 6363 (14%)     max: 6680 Points
5545 Points (12%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 8.913     avg: 9     median: 9 (2%)     max: 9.008 s
12 s (3%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 20.35     avg: 20.6     median: 20.6 (1%)     max: 20.86 s
27.2 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 509     avg: 517     median: 516.5 (2%)     max: 524 s
694 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
21501 Points (17%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 3843     avg: 6632     median: 6720 (17%)     max: 9364 Points
6856 Points (17%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 40123     avg: 48009     median: 49630 (40%)     max: 54173 Points
47473 Points (39%)
48287 Points (39%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 47281     avg: 55148     median: 56586 (47%)     max: 60555 Points
52082 Points (43%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 4495     avg: 6154     median: 5973.5 (15%)     max: 8574 Points
6687 Points (17%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 381     avg: 8610     median: 8567 (15%)     max: 11875 Points
9805 Points (17%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 1983     avg: 2749     median: 2734.5 (12%)     max: 3997 Points
2898 Points (12%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 6943     avg: 7132     median: 7131.5 (67%)     max: 7320 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
6885 Points (79%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 949     avg: 1071     median: 1079 (42%)     max: 1133 Points
900 Points (35%)
480 Points (19%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2079     avg: 3570     median: 3689 (7%)     max: 4256 Points
2990 Points (5%)
912 Points (2%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
4892 Points (54%)
3908 Points (43%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
15199 Points (22%)
11829 Points (17%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 11855     avg: 12114     median: 12114 (21%)     max: 12373 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 3429     avg: 3457     median: 3457 (68%)     max: 3485 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
15805 Points (25%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
4278 Points (64%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 886     avg: 1014     median: 966 (1%)     max: 1267 ms
1243 ms (1%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 239.4     avg: 245.5     median: 245.5 (3%)     max: 251.5 ms
28517 Points (22%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 169     avg: 190.8     median: 191 (34%)     max: 203 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
4130 Points (1%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
min: 8069     avg: 8091     median: 8090.5 (43%)     max: 8112 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
min: 26840     avg: 32009     median: 32009 (68%)     max: 37178 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
min: 12155     avg: 12335     median: 12334.5 (81%)     max: 12514 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 17751     avg: 18155     median: 18155 (91%)     max: 18559 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 17.1     avg: 30.6     median: 27.9 (5%)     max: 58.5 Watt
41.1 Watt (7%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 17.7     avg: 27.3     median: 28.1 (5%)     max: 37.5 Watt
40 Watt (7%)
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
min: 15.8     avg: 20.8     median: 17.3 (13%)     max: 35.8 Points per Watt
17.3 Points per Watt (13%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-10210U → 100% n=2

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 3580U → 82% n=2

Average Benchmarks Intel Celeron 5205U → 35% n=2

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