Intel Core i3-10100 vs Intel Core i5-8259U

Core i3-10100 vs Core i5-8259U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-10100 beats the Core i5-8259U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8259U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-10100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8259U. Also, the Core i3-10100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8259U outputs less heat than Core i3-10100 thanks to a significantly 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 and L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-10100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.