Intel Core i3-10105 vs Intel Core i5-7500

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 133.00
$ 73.80
$ 59.20 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3616 points
47% significantly better overall score
2458 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5818 points
27% slightly better gaming score
4565 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2964 points
58% significantly better multitasking score
1872 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2845 points
58% significantly better heavy workload score
1797 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

80.30 points
68% significantly higher Blender score
47.70 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4311 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3533 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1478 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1283 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
100% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed
3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

472nd of 1,089
637th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i3
7th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i3-10105 vs Core i5-7500 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-10105 is faster than the Core i5-7500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7500 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-10105 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-10105 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7500. Also, the Core i3-10105 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i3-10105 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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