Intel Core i3-9300 vs Intel Core i5-8259U

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i3 4 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2299 points

2416 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4620 points

9% slightly better gaming score

4204 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1653 points

1922 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1571 points

1847 points

17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

35.77 points

65.05 points

81% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4025 points

4117 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1498 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1241 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

60% significantly higher clock speed

2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

62 W

28 W

121% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

32 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB

Identical

256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB

Identical

1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

660th of 1,089

641st of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i3

8th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i3-9300 vs Core i5-8259U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-8259U is faster than the Core i3-9300. Despite this, the Core i3-9300 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-8259U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-9300 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8259U. Also, the Core i3-9300 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-8259U outputs less heat than Core i3-9300 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i3-9300 also has slightly 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 i3-9300 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.