Intel Core i5-3210M vs Intel Celeron N3160. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000M Intel Celeron J3000/N3000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Celeron
• Generation
  3 8
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.5 GHz 1.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.1 GHz 2.24 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  3.1 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 2.24 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11.0 12
• Execution units
  16 12
• Generation
  7 8
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz 320 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4000 Intel HD Graphics 400
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz 640 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 8 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q1/2015
• Shader
  128 96
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Celeron N3160 and Intel Core i5-3210M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  16 4
• PCIe version
  3.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-3210M and Intel Celeron N3160 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 6 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-3210M and Intel Celeron N3160, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge H Braswell
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 2 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q1/2016
• Socket
  BGA 1023 BGA 1170
• Technology
  22 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT