Intel Core i3-10100F vs Intel Core i5-650

Core i3-10100F vs Core i5-650 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-10100F is faster than the Core i5-650. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-650 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i3-10100F has significantly more cores than the Core i5-650. Indeed, the Core i3-10100F has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-650. It also has more threads than the Core i5-650. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-10100F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-650. Also, the Core i3-10100F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-10100F CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-650 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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