Intel Core i3-5005U i3-5010U 5th Generation Broadwell

Intel Core i3-5005U & i3-5010U Lower-Mid-Range Processors

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The Intel Core i3-5005U and i3-5010U are good dual-core laptop processor solutions for budget-conscious buyers who want to avoid slowness of the Intel Celeron and Pentium chips found in the majority of low-cost laptops. The i3-5005U & i3-5010U as representatives of the 5th Generation Intel Core U-series “Broadwell” family offer sufficient speed for daily tasks of the run-of-the-mill users, like web browsing, work on Office documents, multimedia playback, and similar, without consuming excessive amounts of battery juice. A step up from the i3-5005U / 5010U are the i5-5200U / 5300U. The i5 introduces TurboBoost technology for dynamic CPU frequency boost when needed. TurboBoost is the main reason of better benchmark results of the i5. On the other hand, i3 and i5 have HyperThreading technology, allowing multiple computing threads per core, which significantly increases performance is multi-threaded programs. The Celerons and Pentiums lack HyperThreading.

Intel Core i3-5005U & i3-5010U PassMark CPU Benchmark

Intel Core i3-5005U i3-5010U PassMark CPU Benchmark

Both the i3 and i5 variants feature the same Intel HD 5500-series integrated graphics, so they have similar gaming performance. The HD 5500 is perfectly suitable for light indie and browser games, good for popular MMORPG titles like League of Legends, and satisfactory for demanding titles such as Battlefield 4, but only on the lowest detail settings.

Differences between the i3-5005U and i3-5010U are minor. The 5010U is only a tad faster, since its cores are clocked at 2.1GHz instead of 2GHz and maximal frequency of its integrated graphics is 900MHz versus 850MHz.

Update: Intel also has the 2.2-Gigahertz i3-5020U in its i3 Broadwell lineup, but this chip is rarely used in laptops on the market.

27 thoughts on “Intel Core i3-5005U & i3-5010U Lower-Mid-Range Processors”

  2. Can u tell me which laptop suitable for inventor ,solid work and dota2(maybe) i3 5010 is ok??? Please help me ty

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  3. Hi. I’m planning to buy an HP laptop with the i3 5005U, 8GB RAM and AMD Radeon R5 M330 2GB DDR3. Is this laptop good for heavy multitasking and gaming? I’m aiming for AAA titles from 2013, 2014 and 2015. Will I be able to run Assassin’s Creed Syndicate satisfactorily? Thanks in advance.

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  4. Hi there, my daughter is starting high school and Staples has an HP 15.6 HD screen with the i3-5005u processor for 499.99. Would this device be suitable for a high school student’s needs? Thank you for your time.

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  5. Hello, I have a laptop with the i3 5005u processor and a 4gb DDR3(1600) RAM. Do you suggest that I should upgrade it with another 4gb DDR3(1600) RAM, to better facilitate multitasking?

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  6. My laptop have same processor and i want to upgrade it on its maximum level from 4gb to 16gb of ram and kindly suggest me the best dedicated gpu for heavy softwares like matlab and games like gta5

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  7. Hello sir i am a mbbs student i need a laptop for web browsing to check pictures and videos, pdf and so on. Usually for study purposes. Should i choose intel i3-5005u processors at this time in 2019.

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  8. I have core i3 5005u CPU @ 2.0 GHz. Everywhere its mentioned as dual core but when i see in task manager under performance tab it shows number of cores 1. Can You please explain how is it possible?

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  9. Hi. I have a intel core i3 5005U processor but playing youtube video seems laggy and drop in frame especially watching in 1080 to 4k. May I know whether is it the low performance processor causing the problem?

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  10. I have i3 5005u and when I connect my laptop with my monitor then the 1920*1080 resolution is just blurry in desktop and in all games how to fix it ?

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