Intel Core i5-10210U vs Intel Core i3-1005G1

Core i5-10210U vs Core i3-1005G1 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-10210U beats the Core i3-1005G1 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1005G1 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-10210U has significantly more cores than the Core i3-1005G1. Indeed, the Core i5-10210U has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-1005G1. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1005G1. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-10210U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1005G1. Also, the Core i5-10210U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-10210U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-1005G1. The Core i5-10210U also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-10210U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.