Intel Core i3-8300 vs Intel Core 5 120U

Core i3-8300 vs Core 5 120U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core 5 120U beats the Core i3-8300 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8300 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 5 120U has significantly more cores than the Core i3-8300. Indeed, the Core 5 120U has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-8300. It also has more threads than the Core i3-8300. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-8300 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core 5 120U. In terms of cache, the Core 5 120U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-8300. The Core 5 120U also has significantly 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. For instance, the Core i3-8300 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.