Intel Core i3-9100F vs Intel Core 5 120U

Core i3-9100F vs Core 5 120U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-9100F performs better than the Core 5 120U. Despite this, the Core 5 120U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 5 120U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i3-9100F that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-9100F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-9100F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 120U. The info from our database shows that the Core 5 120U has more L2 cache than the Core i3-9100F. The Core 5 120U also has significantly more 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. For instance, the Core i3-9100F has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.