Intel Core i3-10100 vs Intel Core i7-9850H

Core i3-10100 vs Core i7-9850H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-9850H performs better than the Core i3-10100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-10100 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9850H has significantly more cores than the Core i3-10100. Indeed, the Core i7-9850H has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-10100. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10100. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-10100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9850H. Despite this, the Core i7-9850H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-9850H 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-9850H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-10100. The Core i7-9850H also has significantly 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.