Intel Core i3-13100 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 135U

Core i3-13100 vs Core Ultra 5 135U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-13100 performs better than the Core Ultra 5 135U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 135U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i3-13100 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-13100. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-13100 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U. Also, the Core i3-13100 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-13100. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-13100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.