Intel Core i3-10300 vs Intel Core i5-9600T

Core i3-10300 vs Core i5-9600T comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-10300 performs better than the Core i5-9600T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9600T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-9600T has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i3-10300 has 4 cores. Despite this, the Core i3-10300 has more threads than the Core i5-9600T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-10300 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9600T. Also, the Core i3-10300 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-9600T 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.

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