Intel Core i3-10105 vs Intel Core i5-9300HF

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3616 points
5% slightly better overall score
3443 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5818 points
2% slightly better gaming score
5691 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2964 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
2780 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2845 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
2664 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

80.30 points
44% significantly higher Blender score
55.68 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4311 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3763 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1478 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1297 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
54% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

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
Identical
128 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

472nd of 1,089
491st of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i3
9th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2666

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i3-10105 vs Core i5-9300HF specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-10105 is faster than the Core i5-9300HF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9300HF in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-10105 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-9300HF. Also, the Core i3-10105 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-9300HF outputs less heat than Core i3-10105 thanks to a significantly 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 i3-10105 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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