Intel Core i3-10100 vs Intel Core i5-9300HF

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3478 points

1% slightly better overall score

3443 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5576 points

5691 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2857 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

2780 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2743 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

2664 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

75.47 points

35% slightly higher Blender score

55.68 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4319 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3778 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1401 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1286 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4213 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3763 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1432 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1297 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

49% significantly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB

Identical

1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB

8 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

485th of 1,089

491st of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i3

9th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i3-10100 vs Core i5-9300HF benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-10100 performs better than the Core i5-9300HF. Despite this, the Core i5-9300HF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount 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 i5-9300HF. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i5-9300HF also has slightly more 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.