Intel Core i3-10105F vs Intel Core i7-3960X

Core i3-10105F vs Core i7-3960X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3960X beats the Core i3-10105F in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-10105F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-3960X has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i3-10105F has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10105F. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-10105F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3960X. Also, the Core i3-10105F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-10105F CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3960X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-10105F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.