Core i5-8210Y: specs and benchmarks

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Core i5-8210Y
2018
2 cores / 4 threads, 7 Watt
1.73

Core i5-8210Y provides poor benchmark performance at 1.73% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Core i5-8210Y sales 30 October 2018 at a recommended price of $281. This is an Amber Lake-Y architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3600 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA1515 processor with a TDP of 7 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

Primary details

Core i5-8210Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking2042
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5
Power efficiency23.39of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameAmber Lake-Y (2018−2021)
Release date30 October 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$281of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)
Threads4
Base clock speed1.6 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3.6 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus typeOPI
Bus rate4 GT/s
Multiplier16of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache128 KBof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache512 KBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache4 MBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography14 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Maximum core temperature100 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-8210Y compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCBGA1515
Power consumption (TDP)7 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i5-8210Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI+
AVX+
vPro+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Speed Shift+
My WiFi+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
Flex Memory Access+
Smart Response+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+
Secure Key+
MPX+
Identity Protection+
SGXYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V+
VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i5-8210Y's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3
Maximum memory size16 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth34.134 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core i5-8210Y.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 617
Max video memory16 GB
Quick Sync Video+
Clear Video+
Clear Video HD+
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-8210Y's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported3
eDP+
DisplayPort+
HDMI+
DVI+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-8210Y's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort3840x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-8210Y's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12
OpenGL4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes10of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i5-8210Y. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-8210Y 1.73

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i5-8210Y 2746

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i5-8210Y 975

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i5-8210Y 1683

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

i5-8210Y 3544

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

i5-8210Y 270

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

i5-8210Y 130

Blender(-)

i5-8210Y 1680

7-Zip Single

i5-8210Y 3405

7-Zip

i5-8210Y 7936

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Core i5-8210Y's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook CPUs.


Core i3-6157U 100.58
A9-9425 100
A8-7410 100
Core i5-8210Y 100
Core m3-7Y32 99.42

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i5-8210Y is A8-7410, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 3 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core i5-8210Y:

FX-8800P 103.47
A8-7410 100
A9-9425 100
Core i5-8210Y 100
A6-7310 97.69
3015e 97.69

Similar processors

Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

Recommended GPUs

People consider these graphics cards to be good for Core i5-8210Y, according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for Core i5-8210Y in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 279 configurations using Core i5-8210Y in our database.

RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 4090
1.1% (3/279)
RTX A4000 RTX A4000
0.4% (1/279)
GTX 1650 GeForce GTX 1650
0.4% (1/279)
Apple M1 8-Core GPU M1 8 Core GPU
0.4% (1/279)
GTX 1050 GeForce GTX 1050
0.4% (1/279)
GeForce MX450 GeForce MX450
0.4% (1/279)
Pro 555 Radeon Pro 555
0.4% (1/279)

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