Intel Core i3-10300 vs Intel Core i5-9500T

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3697 points
19% slightly better overall score
3104 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5880 points
13% slightly better gaming score
5158 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3053 points
22% slightly better multitasking score
2485 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2936 points
23% slightly better heavy workload score
2385 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4527 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4181 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1156 points
1210 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4824 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4238 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1520 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1248 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
68% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
18% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
35 W
85% 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

461st of 1,089
524th 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

2020 May
2019 May

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 i3-10300 vs Core i5-9500T benchmarks

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

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-9500T 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 i5-9500T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-10300 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9500T. Also, the Core i3-10300 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-9500T 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 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.

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