This is an ultra-low voltage dual-core microprocessor that is based on the Broadwell architecture. It has a TDP (theral design point) of just 4.5 watts which makes it ideal for ultrabooks or tablets. Due the low TDP is has a rather low clock frequency of just 800MHz, which can be speed up by Turbo Boost to a clock frequency of 2GHz.

In addition to being a very cool CPU; this Core M also has an integrated graphics adapter and chipset. The comination of CPU's and GPU's is something that is commonplace these days, especially in low-power or budget systems. The integration of the GPU reduces implementation costs on motherboards and makes everything smaller, especially with the chipset integrated as well.

I didn't take pictures of the CPU because I didn't want to open up my new ASUS Zenbook UX305 laptop . However, in order to see how this new CPU stacks up against older generation CPU's I included benchmarks below. Performance-wise I think it does really well. Using 7-Zip compression faster than a 3GHz Xeon 5160 (which would be like a Core 2 Quad Q9650; a high-end Quad-core CPU from 2009). Cinebench 2003 is twice as fast as the Core 2 Duo Mobile T7200; the CPU in my old 2007 laptop. Other benchmarks like Whetstone show that the Core 2 Duo T7200 is actually faster. Nevertheless; the Core M 5Y10c run's great (and cool) for everyday webbrowsing, office work and a simple game (and DOSBox runs perfect too, so no need to worry about games ) every now and then.

I also did benchmarks with older GPU-benchmarks: using old 3DMark2001, 2003 and 2005 versions it dances between the GeForce 6800 Ultra and the GeForce 7800 GTX. Using Crysis and Furmark it goes along with the GeForce 7800 GTX. Not bad for a 4.5W highly integrated SoC. > Read more