Intel Core i3-10300 vs Intel Core i5-9500

Core i3-10300 vs Core i5-9500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-9500 beats the Core i3-10300 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-10300 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-9500 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i3-10300 that has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i3-10300 has more threads than the Core i5-9500. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-10300 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9500. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. 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. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-9500 has more L2 cache than the Core i3-10300. The Core i5-9500 also has slightly 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.