Intel Core i3-10100F vs Intel Core i5-1235U

Core i3-10100F vs Core i5-1235U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1235U beats the Core i3-10100F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-10100F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-1235U has significantly more cores than the Core i3-10100F. Indeed, the Core i5-1235U has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-10100F. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10100F. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-10100F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1235U. Despite this, the Core i5-1235U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1235U outputs less heat than Core i3-10100F thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i3-10100F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.