Intel Core i3-4030U vs Intel Core i5-2557M

What is the difference between Intel Core i3-4030U and Intel Core i5-2557M. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

421Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score410
945Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score913
1871PassMark CPU Mark Rating1725
1027PassMark Single Thread Rating1007

Processor Specs

Intel Core i3-4030UProcessorIntel Core i5-2557M
1900 MHzFrequency1700 MHz
Maximum Frequency2700 MHz
2Cores2
4Threads4
15 WTDP17 W
Intel HD Graphics 4400GPUIntel HD Graphics 3000
HaswellCodenameSandy Bridge
FCBGA1168PackageFCBGA1023

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

426Single-Core Score409
791Multi-Core Score961
Geekbench 5.1.0 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Home Single Language (64-bit)Operating SystemmacOS 10.13.6 (Build 17G14042)
LENOVO 20404ModelMacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2011)
Model IDMacBookAir4,2
LENOVO Lenovo Flex 2-14MotherboardApple Inc. Mac-742912EFDBEE19B3 MacBookAir4,2
High performancePower Plan

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i3-4030UNameIntel Core i5-2557M
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 69 Stepping 1IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
1.90 GHzBase Frequency1.70 GHz
1.90 GHzMaximum Frequency
Socket 1168 BGAPackage
Haswell ULTCodename
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 GBSize4.00 GB
798 MHzFrequency
Transfer Rate1333 MT/s
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3
1Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

426Single-Core Score409
658Crypto Score481
399Integer Score393
445Floating Point Score 432
658
1.12 GB/sec
AES-XTS481
838.8 MB/sec
435
2.20 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)409
2.07 MB/sec
429
20.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression443
20.9 Mpixels/sec
420
1.19 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)485
1.37 MTE/sec
373
437.7 KElements/sec
HTML5344
404.4 KElements/sec
371
116.2 Krows/sec
SQLite399
125.0 Krows/sec
412
22.3 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering417
22.6 Mpixels/sec
384
122.4 KB/sec
Text Rendering333
106.1 KB/sec
390
3.04 Klines/sec
Clang363
2.83 Klines/sec
386
4.48 images/sec
Camera365
4.23 images/sec
314
392.3 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics232
290.7 Kpairs/sec
449
2780.3 FPS
Rigid Body Physics498
3087.5 FPS
346
19.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur296
16.3 Mpixels/sec
388
2.99 images/sec
Face Detection426
3.28 images/sec
408
10.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection433
10.7 Mpixels/sec
680
33.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting713
35.0 Mpixels/sec
807
11.0 Mpixels/sec
HDR766
10.4 Mpixels/sec
504
404.9 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing518
415.8 Kpixels/sec
365
3.27 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion324
2.90 Kpixels/sec
389
12.4 Words/sec
Speech Recognition433
13.8 Words/sec
445
17.2 images/sec
Machine Learning388
15.0 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

791Multi-Core Score961
1288Crypto Score1164
703Integer Score927
898Floating Point Score 1000
1288
2.19 GB/sec
AES-XTS1164
1.98 GB/sec
873
4.42 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)1254
6.34 MB/sec
844
39.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression911
43.1 Mpixels/sec
711
2.01 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1207
3.40 MTE/sec
510
598.5 KElements/sec
HTML5741
869.8 KElements/sec
796
249.4 Krows/sec
SQLite884
276.9 Krows/sec
836
45.4 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering837
45.4 Mpixels/sec
826
263.2 KB/sec
Text Rendering936
298.3 KB/sec
504
3.92 Klines/sec
Clang872
6.80 Klines/sec
570
6.61 images/sec
Camera821
9.52 images/sec
710
888.8 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics843
1.06 Mpairs/sec
1039
6437.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics1520
9415.1 FPS
774
42.5 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur865
47.6 Mpixels/sec
806
6.21 images/sec
Face Detection1120
8.62 images/sec
841
20.7 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection731
18.0 Mpixels/sec
1391
68.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1205
59.1 Mpixels/sec
1511
20.6 Mpixels/sec
HDR1749
23.8 Mpixels/sec
1194
959.0 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1453
1.17 Mpixels/sec
776
6.96 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion672
6.02 Kpixels/sec
752
24.0 Words/sec
Speech Recognition913
29.2 Words/sec
539
20.8 images/sec
Machine Learning589
22.8 images/sec