Intel Core i3-10300 vs Intel Core i5-1235U

Core i3-10300 vs Core i5-1235U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-10300 performs better than the Core i5-1235U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1235U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-1235U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i3-10300 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10300. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-10300 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-1235U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i5-1235U outputs less heat than Core i3-10300 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-1235U has more L2 cache than the Core i3-10300. The Core i5-1235U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i3-10300 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.