Intel Core i3-1125G4 vs Intel Core i5-5300U

Core i3-1125G4 vs Core i5-5300U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-1125G4 beats the Core i5-5300U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-5300U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i3-1125G4 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-5300U. Indeed, the Core i3-1125G4 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-5300U. It also has more threads than the Core i5-5300U. The Core i5-5300U outputs less heat than Core i3-1125G4 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 i3-1125G4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.