Intel Core i5-4260U vs Intel Core i3-2100

What is the difference between Intel Core i5-4260U and Intel Core i3-2100. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

564Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score535
1199Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1196
2417PassMark CPU Mark Rating1789
1522PassMark Single Thread Rating1423

Processor Specs

Intel Core i5-4260UProcessorIntel Core i3-2100
1400 MHzFrequency3100 MHz
2700 MHzMaximum Frequency
2Cores2
4Threads4
15 WTDP65 W
Intel HD Graphics 5000GPUIntel HD Graphics 2000
HaswellCodenameSandy Bridge
FCBGA1168PackageFCLGA1155

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

565Single-Core Score566
1261Multi-Core Score886
Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 10.14.6 (Build 18G9216)Operating SystemLinux Mint 20
MacBook Air (13-inch Early 2014)ModelSystem manufacturer System Product Name
MacBookAir6,2Model ID
Apple Inc. Mac-7DF21CB3ED6977E5 MacBookAir6,2MotherboardASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8Z77-M

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i5-4260UNameIntel Core i3-2100
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 69 Stepping 1IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
1.40 GHzBase Frequency3.10 GHz
32.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 2
32.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 2
256 KB x 2L2 Cache256 KB x 2
3.00 MB x 1L3 Cache3.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

4.00 GBSize7.47 GB
1600 MT/sTransfer Rate
DDR3Type

Geekbench 5 result (single)

565Single-Core Score566
795Crypto Score68
535Integer Score618
591Floating Point Score 535
795
1.35 GB/sec
AES-XTS68
119.3 MB/sec
531
2.68 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)656
3.32 MB/sec
574
27.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression667
31.6 Mpixels/sec
547
1.54 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)608
1.71 MTE/sec
503
591.0 KElements/sec
HTML5567
665.9 KElements/sec
566
177.3 Krows/sec
SQLite575
180.1 Krows/sec
492
26.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering657
35.7 Mpixels/sec
541
172.5 KB/sec
Text Rendering590
188.0 KB/sec
499
3.89 Klines/sec
Clang615
4.80 Klines/sec
573
6.64 images/sec
Camera635
7.36 images/sec
449
561.9 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics538
673.0 Kpairs/sec
681
4220.3 FPS
Rigid Body Physics761
4714.0 FPS
494
27.1 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur570
31.3 Mpixels/sec
605
4.66 images/sec
Face Detection665
5.12 images/sec
596
14.7 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection700
17.3 Mpixels/sec
825
40.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting556
27.3 Mpixels/sec
1047
14.3 Mpixels/sec
HDR600
8.18 Mpixels/sec
635
510.0 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing492
394.8 Kpixels/sec
519
4.65 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion336
3.01 Kpixels/sec
407
13.0 Words/sec
Speech Recognition492
15.7 Words/sec
485
18.7 images/sec
Machine Learning349
13.5 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1261Multi-Core Score886
1505Crypto Score83
1174Integer Score860
1408Floating Point Score 1077
1505
2.57 GB/sec
AES-XTS83
144.0 MB/sec
1301
6.58 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)1028
5.20 MB/sec
1378
65.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression880
41.6 Mpixels/sec
1418
4.00 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1166
3.29 MTE/sec
921
1.08 MElements/sec
HTML5724
850.3 KElements/sec
1151
360.6 Krows/sec
SQLite738
231.3 Krows/sec
1179
64.0 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering873
47.4 Mpixels/sec
998
317.8 KB/sec
Text Rendering704
224.3 KB/sec
1188
9.26 Klines/sec
Clang776
6.04 Klines/sec
1121
13.0 images/sec
Camera962
11.2 images/sec
1148
1.44 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics836
1.05 Mpairs/sec
1773
10981.3 FPS
Rigid Body Physics919
5693.3 FPS
1134
62.4 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur648
35.6 Mpixels/sec
1334
10.3 images/sec
Face Detection670
5.16 images/sec
1326
32.7 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection1114
27.5 Mpixels/sec
2051
100.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1113
54.6 Mpixels/sec
2343
31.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR2250
30.7 Mpixels/sec
1780
1.43 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing2142
1.72 Mpixels/sec
1123
10.1 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1122
10.1 Kpixels/sec
1047
33.5 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1241
39.7 Words/sec
1048
40.5 images/sec
Machine Learning818
31.6 images/sec