Intel Core i5-4260U

The Intel Core i5-4260U operates with:

CPU Cores 2.

CPU Threads: 4.

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

Turbo: 2.70 GHz base 2.70 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 Q2/2014.

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CPU generation and family

Name:

Intel Core i5-4260U

Family:

Intel Core i5

CPU group:

Intel Core i 4000U

Predecessor:

Segment:

Mobile

Generation:

Successor:

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Frequency:

1.40 GHz

Turbo (1 Core):

2.70 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:

Q2/2014

Socket:

BGA 1168

Thermal Management

TDP (PL1):

15 W

TDP (PL2):

TDP Up:

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Core i5-3210M 231 (30%)

Intel Pentium G3258 231 (30%)

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 230 (30%)

Intel Core i5-4260U 224 (29%)

Intel Core i7-3517U 223 (29%)

Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 216 (28%)

Intel Core i5-4200U 216 (28%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.

Intel Core i5-5300U 593 (2%)

Intel Core i5-5200U 584 (2%)

Intel Core i5-L16G7 577 (2%)

Intel Core i5-4260U 575 (2%)

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200U 544 (2%)

AMD Ryzen 3 2200U 544 (2%)

AMD A6-3650 542 (2%)

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 Core i5-4460T 105 (38%)

Intel Pentium G3220T 105 (38%)

Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4 104 (38%)

Intel Core i5-4260U 103 (37%)

Intel Core i3-7100U 103 (37%)

Intel Core i3-3250T 103 (37%)

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 103 (37%)

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.

Intel Pentium G3420 242 (2%)

Intel Core i3-4000M 240 (2%)

Intel Pentium G3250 240 (2%)

Intel Core i5-4260U 239 (2%)

AMD A10-7800 239 (2%)

Intel Celeron G4900 236 (2%)

Intel Core i5-7Y54 236 (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 Core i5-4460T 584 (31%)

Intel Core i3-5157U 583 (31%)

Intel Core i5-5200U 580 (31%)

Intel Core i5-4260U 579 (31%)

Intel Celeron G1840 579 (31%)

Intel Pentium Gold 6405U 578 (31%)

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2 578 (31%)

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.

Intel Pentium G3420 1238 (3%)

Intel Core i5-3210M 1236 (3%)

MediaTek Helio G70 1234 (3%)

Intel Core i5-4260U 1231 (3%)

Intel Core i5-4310U 1229 (3%)

AMD Phenom II X4 B95 1221 (3%)

Intel Pentium Gold 4415U 1218 (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 i5-4260U 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.

Intel Xeon E5-2628L v3 2598 (38%)

Intel Xeon E5-2648L v3 2598 (38%)

Intel Celeron G1850 2597 (37%)

Intel Core i5-4260U 2596 (37%)

Intel Core i7-3667U 2589 (37%)

AMD FX-9590 2587 (37%)

Intel Xeon E5-2630 v2 2585 (37%)

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 A6-3430MX 4801 (5%)

Intel Pentium Gold 5405U 4793 (5%)

Intel Core i3-3220T 4782 (5%)

Intel Core i5-4260U 4777 (5%)

AMD A8-5500 4747 (5%)

AMD A8-3800 4738 (5%)

AMD Phenom II X4 905e 4675 (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.

Intel Core i5-4460T 1.18 (45%)

Intel Pentium G3240T 1.18 (45%)

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2 1.18 (45%)

Intel Core i5-4260U 1.16 (44%)

Intel Core i3-7100U 1.16 (44%)

Intel Core i5-4310U 1.16 (44%)

Intel Pentium G3220T 1.16 (44%)

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.

Intel Pentium G3420 2.64 (5%)

Intel Core i5-4300U 2.62 (5%)

Intel Core i3-4000M 2.6 (5%)

Intel Core i5-4260U 2.59 (5%)

Intel Core M-5Y71 2.56 (5%)

Intel Pentium G3240 2.55 (5%)

Intel Core m5-6Y57 2.52 (5%)

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 Core i5-4300M 17.9 (29%)

Intel Pentium 4405U 17.7 (29%)

Intel Pentium 3805U 17.6 (29%)

Intel Core i5-4260U 17.5 (28%)

Intel Pentium G3258 17.5 (28%)

Intel Pentium G3440 17.5 (28%)

Intel Pentium G3420 17.5 (28%)

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Intel Core i3-7020U 3539 (4%)

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Intel Core i5-4260U 3491 (4%)

AMD Phenom II X4 B93 3489 (4%)

AMD Phenom II X4 925 3489 (4%)

AMD Phenom II X4 920 3489 (4%)