Intel Core i3-10100F vs Intel Core i5-2430M

Core i3-10100F vs Core i5-2430M specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-10100F performs better than the Core i5-2430M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-2430M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i3-10100F has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5-2430M that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-2430M. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-10100F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-2430M. Also, the Core i3-10100F has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-2430M 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.