Intel Core i5-10210U vs Intel Core i5-8250U

Intel Core i5-10210U
Intel BGA1440MOBILE
1600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Aug 2019
Intel Core i5-10210U
Intel Core i5-8250U
Intel BGA1356MOBILE
1600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2017
Intel Core i5-8250U

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-10210U

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-8250U

None

Intel Core i5-10210U

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-10210U

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Core i5-10210UIntel Core i5-8250U
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Core i5-10210UIntel Core i5-8250U
ArchitectureIntel_CometlakevsIntel_Kabylake
MarketMobilevsMobile
Memory SupportDDR3, DDR4vsDDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
CodenameComet Lake-UvsKaby Lake
Release DateAug 2019vsSep 2017

Cores

Intel Core i5-10210UIntel Core i5-8250U
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsUHD GraphicsvsIntel UHD 620

Cache

Intel Core i5-10210UIntel Core i5-8250U
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache6MB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i5-10210UIntel Core i5-8250U
SocketIntel BGA1440vsIntel BGA1356
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-BGA1440vs FC-BGA1356
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i5-10210UIntel Core i5-8250U
Cpu Frequency1600 MHzvs1600 MHz
Turbo Clock4200 MHzvs3400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP25 Wvs15 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-10210U
    5040 points
  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    4080 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i5-10210U
    9216 points
  • Intel Core i5-8250U
    9216 points

Points - higher is better