Intel Core i3-5015U vs Intel Core M-5Y10c. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Core M
• Generation
  5 5
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 5000U Intel Core M 5

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.10 GHz 0.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.00 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  No turbo 1.60 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 5500 Intel HD Graphics 5300
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.85 GHz 0.80 GHz
• Execution units
  24 24
• Shader
  192 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  8 8
• DirectX Version
  11.2 11.2
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q3/2014

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core M-5Y10c and Intel Core i3-5015U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  2.0 2.0
• PCIe lanes
  12 12

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-5015U and Intel Core M-5Y10c to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 4.5 W
• TDP down
  10 W --
• Tjunction max.
  105 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-5015U and Intel Core i3-5015U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Broadwell U Broadwell Y
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1168 BGA 1234
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q4/2014