Intel Core i3-4100M vs Intel Core i5-2520M

What is the difference between Intel Core i3-4100M and Intel Core i5-2520M. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

557Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score533
1193Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1170
2449PassMark CPU Mark Rating2233
1361PassMark Single Thread Rating1369
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score1296

Processor Specs

Intel Core i3-4100MProcessorIntel Core i5-2520M
2500 MHzFrequency2500 MHz
Maximum Frequency3200 MHz
2Cores2
4Threads4
37 WTDP35 W
Intel HD Graphics 4600GPUIntel HD Graphics 3000
HaswellCodenameSandy Bridge
FCPGA946PackagePPGA988

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

554Single-Core Score516
1225Multi-Core Score1239
Geekbench 5.0.4 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
LENOVO 20ASS36F00ModelDell Inc. Latitude E6420
LENOVO 20ASS36F00MotherboardDell Inc. 0K0DNP
Power PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i3-4100MNameIntel Core i5-2520M
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
2.50 GHzBase Frequency2.46 GHz
2.50 GHzMaximum Frequency3153 MHz
Socket 947 rPGAPackageSocket 988B rPGA
HaswellCodenameSandy Bridge
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
666 MHzFrequency656 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR3 SDRAM
2Channels1

Geekbench 5 result (single)

554Single-Core Score516
775Crypto Score669
515Integer Score490
602Floating Point Score 548
775
1.32 GB/sec
AES-XTS669
1.14 GB/sec
500
2.53 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)642
3.25 MB/sec
564
26.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression606
28.7 Mpixels/sec
471
1.33 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)385
1.09 MTE/sec
542
636.9 KElements/sec
HTML5492
577.6 KElements/sec
541
169.4 Krows/sec
SQLite508
159.2 Krows/sec
555
30.1 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering530
28.8 Mpixels/sec
411
131.0 KB/sec
Text Rendering447
142.5 KB/sec
584
4.55 Klines/sec
Clang386
3.01 Klines/sec
488
5.65 images/sec
Camera473
5.48 images/sec
378
473.4 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics378
473.1 Kpairs/sec
611
3787.4 FPS
Rigid Body Physics587
3635.1 FPS
483
26.5 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur432
23.8 Mpixels/sec
597
4.60 images/sec
Face Detection563
4.34 images/sec
593
14.6 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection562
13.8 Mpixels/sec
992
48.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting823
40.4 Mpixels/sec
1188
16.2 Mpixels/sec
HDR946
12.9 Mpixels/sec
729
585.5 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing591
474.4 Kpixels/sec
427
3.82 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion410
3.68 Kpixels/sec
470
15.0 Words/sec
Speech Recognition539
17.2 Words/sec
548
21.2 images/sec
Machine Learning436
16.8 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1225Multi-Core Score1239
1794Crypto Score1377
1158Integer Score1228
1276Floating Point Score 1241
1794
3.06 GB/sec
AES-XTS1377
2.35 GB/sec
1502
7.60 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)1536
7.77 MB/sec
1502
71.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression1507
71.3 Mpixels/sec
1165
3.28 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)961
2.71 MTE/sec
1036
1.22 MElements/sec
HTML51185
1.39 MElements/sec
1056
330.9 Krows/sec
SQLite1298
406.8 Krows/sec
1147
62.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1348
73.1 Mpixels/sec
1065
339.2 KB/sec
Text Rendering1052
335.1 KB/sec
1145
8.92 Klines/sec
Clang1227
9.56 Klines/sec
928
10.8 images/sec
Camera1063
12.3 images/sec
1181
1.48 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1131
1.41 Mpairs/sec
1291
8001.1 FPS
Rigid Body Physics1633
10118.0 FPS
1064
58.5 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1083
59.5 Mpixels/sec
1024
7.88 images/sec
Face Detection1327
10.2 images/sec
1209
29.8 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection1410
34.8 Mpixels/sec
1873
91.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1850
90.7 Mpixels/sec
2276
31.0 Mpixels/sec
HDR2361
32.2 Mpixels/sec
1579
1.27 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1556
1.25 Mpixels/sec
1143
10.2 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion972
8.71 Kpixels/sec
1062
34.0 Words/sec
Speech Recognition884
28.3 Words/sec
888
34.3 images/sec
Machine Learning494
19.1 images/sec