Intel Core i5-4250U

The Intel Core i5-4250U operates with:

CPU Cores 2.

CPU Threads: 4.

Performance-enhancing, system-enhancing technology that works faster and saves battery with:

Turbo: 2.60 GHz base 2.60 GHz all cores.

TDP: 15 W.

The processor is attached to:

CPU socket: BGA 1168.

This version includes

3.00 MB of L3 cache on one chip

Supports 2 memory channels to support DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM RAM and features 2.0 PCIe Gen 12 lanes.

Tjunction keeps below -- degrees C.

In particular, Haswell U Architecture is enhanced with:

Technology: 22 nm

Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d.

The product was released on Q3/2013.

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CPU generation and family

Name:

Intel Core i5-4250U

Family:

Intel Core i5

CPU group:

Intel Core i 4000U

Predecessor:

Segment:

Mobile

Generation:

Successor:

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Frequency:

1.30 GHz

Turbo (1 Core):

2.60 GHz

Turbo (64 Cores)::

Hyperthreading:

Yes

Core architecture:

normal

CPU Cores:

CPU Threads:

Overclocking:

Memory & PCIe

Memory type:

DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM

PCIe version:

2.0

Memory channels:

PCIe version:

2.0

PCIe lanes:

Encryption

AES-NI:

Yes

Internal Graphics

Memory type:

DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM

GPU name:

Intel HD Graphics 5000

GPU frequency:

0.20 GHz

GPU (Turbo):

1.00 GHz

Generation:

DirectX Version:

11.1

Execution units:

Shader:

320

Max memory:

Max. displays:

Technology:

22 nm

Release date:

Q2/2013

Technical details

Instruction set (ISA):

x86-64 (64 bit)

Architecture:

Haswell U

L2-Cache:

Virtualization:

VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

L3-Cache:

3.00 MB

Release date:

Q3/2013

Socket:

BGA 1168

Thermal Management

TDP (PL1):

15 W

TDP (PL2):

TDP Up:

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Celeron G1820 102 (37%)

Intel Core i3-5157U 102 (37%)

Intel Pentium G2020 101 (36%)

Intel Core i5-4250U 99 (36%)

Intel Core i5-3437U 99 (36%)

Intel Core i3-3240T 99 (36%)

Intel Celeron G1630 99 (36%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

AMD A10-5700 231 (2%)

AMD A10-7700K 231 (2%)

Intel Core i5-4200U 231 (2%)

Intel Core i5-4250U 230 (2%)

Intel Pentium Gold 4417U 229 (2%)

Intel Celeron G3950 228 (2%)

Intel Pentium G4500T 228 (2%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Celeron G1820 577 (31%)

Intel Core i5-4310U 575 (30%)

AMD FX-4350 574 (30%)

Intel Core i5-4250U 573 (30%)

AMD FX-8350 573 (30%)

MediaTek Dimensity 700 566 (30%)

Intel Core i5-6200U 566 (30%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

AMD A8-5557M 1201 (3%)

Intel Pentium G3440 1199 (3%)

Apple A9X 1198 (3%)

Intel Core i5-4250U 1196 (3%)

Intel Core i5-2520M 1196 (3%)

Intel Core i7-3687U 1191 (3%)

HiSilicon Kirin 950 1183 (3%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.

AMD A10-6700 648 (6%)

AMD A10-6790K 648 (6%)

HiSilicon Kirin 990E 5G 645 (6%)

Intel Core i5-4250U 640 (6%)

Intel Xeon W-10855M 640 (6%)

Intel Core i7-4860EQ 640 (6%)

Intel Core i7-4850EQ 640 (6%)

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

AMD Athlon X4 845 2526 (36%)

Intel Core i7-3517U 2521 (36%)

Intel Pentium G3240 2501 (36%)

Intel Core i5-4250U 2500 (36%)

AMD Athlon II X4 860K 2500 (36%)

Intel Core i3-5157U 2492 (36%)

Intel Core i3-3210 2492 (36%)

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

AMD A10-8700P 4630 (5%)

Intel Xeon E3-1220L v3 4623 (5%)

Intel Pentium G3250 4621 (5%)

Intel Core i5-4250U 4600 (5%)

Intel Core i5-4200U 4560 (5%)

Intel Celeron G1850 4546 (5%)

Intel Celeron G3900T 4527 (5%)

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

AMD Phenom II X4 980 1.12 (43%)

Intel Celeron G1630 1.12 (43%)

Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 1.12 (43%)

Intel Core i5-4250U 1.12 (43%)

Intel Core i3-6100U 1.11 (43%)

AMD FX-8300 1.11 (43%)

AMD A10-6700 1.11 (43%)

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

AMD Phenom II X3 715 2.5 (5%)

AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.5 (5%)

Intel Pentium G3220 2.5 (5%)

Intel Core i5-4250U 2.49 (5%)

Intel Celeron G1850 2.48 (4%)

Intel Celeron G3900T 2.45 (4%)

Intel Pentium G3450T 2.42 (4%)

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The iGPU test uses the CPU internal graphic unit to execute OpenGL commands.

Intel Pentium G3258 17.5 (28%)

Intel Pentium G3420 17.5 (28%)

Intel Pentium G3440 17.5 (28%)

Intel Core i5-4250U 17.3 (28%)

Intel Celeron G3920 17.3 (28%)

Intel Celeron G3900T 17.3 (28%)

Intel Celeron G3900 17.3 (28%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

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Intel Pentium G3430 3406 (4%)

Intel Core m3-7Y32 3402 (4%)

Intel Pentium G3440 3380 (4%)

Intel Core i5-4250U 3362 (4%)

Intel Core i5-4200U 3358 (4%)

Intel Celeron G3930T 3350 (4%)

Intel Celeron G3930 3350 (4%)