Intel Core i3-10100 vs Intel Core i3-9100

Core i3-10100 vs Core i3-9100 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-10100 beats the Core i3-9100 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-9100 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-10100 has more threads. According to our data, the Core i3-10100 and Core i3-9100 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i3-10100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache and 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.