Intel Core i3-1215U vs Intel Core i5-9300HF

Core i3-1215U vs Core i5-9300HF benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-1215U is faster than the Core i5-9300HF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9300HF in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i3-1215U has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-9300HF has 4 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-9300HF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1215U. Despite this, the Core i3-1215U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-1215U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-9300HF CPU because of its 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 i3-1215U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-9300HF. The Core i3-1215U also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i3-1215U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.