Intel Core i3-10105 vs Intel Core i5-9400

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 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
$ 6.00 slightly less expensive
$ 139.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3616 points
3754 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5818 points
6091 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2964 points
3034 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2845 points
2911 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

80.30 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
78.76 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4311 points
4811 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1478 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1393 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
33% slightly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
27% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 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
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
Identical
128 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

472nd of 1,089
455th 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 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2666

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 i5-9400 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-9400 is faster than the Core i3-10105. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-10105 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-9400 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-10105. Indeed, the Core i5-9400 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-10105. Despite this, the Core i3-10105 has more threads than the Core i5-9400. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-10105 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9400. 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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