Intel Core m5-6Y57 vs Intel Core i5-3210M. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core M 6 Intel Core i 3000M
• Family
  Intel Core M Intel Core i5
• Generation
  6 3
• 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
  1.1 GHz 2.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.8 GHz 3.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  2.2 GHz 3.1 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
  12 11.0
• Execution units
  24 16
• Generation
  9 7
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz 650 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 515 Intel HD Graphics 4000
• GPU Turbo
  900 MHz 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q1/2011
• Shader
  192 128
• Technology
  14 nm 22 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)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-3210M and Intel Core m5-6Y57. 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
  LPDDR3-1866 DDR3-1600
• PCIe lanes
  10 16
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core m5-6Y57 and Intel Core i5-3210M 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)
  4.5 W 35 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core m5-6Y57 and Intel Core i5-3210M, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Skylake Y Ivy Bridge H
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q2/2012
• Socket
  BGA 1515 BGA 1023
• Technology
  14 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d