Intel Core i3-10100 vs Intel Core i3-8300

Core i3-10100 vs Core i3-8300 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-10100 is faster than the Core i3-8300. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8300 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i3-10100 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-8300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-10100. The Core i3-8300 outputs less heat than Core i3-10100 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Core i3-8300 also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-10100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.