Intel Core i3-10100F vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125U

Core i3-10100F vs Core Ultra 5 125U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-10100F performs better than the Core Ultra 5 125U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 125U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 125U has significantly more cores than the Core i3-10100F. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125U has 12 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-10100F. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10100F. According to our data, the Core i3-10100F and Core Ultra 5 125U have the same clock speed. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-10100F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.