Intel Core i5-10210U vs Intel Core i3-12100F

Core i5-10210U vs Core i3-12100F specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-12100F performs better than the Core i5-10210U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10210U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-12100F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10210U. Also, the Core i3-12100F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10210U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-12100F CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. Indeed, the Core i5-10210U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.