Intel Core i5-10210U vs Intel Core i5-10400F

Core i5-10210U vs Core i5-10400F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-10400F beats the Core i5-10210U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10210U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-10400F has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-10210U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10210U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-10400F has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-10210U. Also, the Core i5-10400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10210U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-10400F CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-10400F has more L2 cache than the Core i5-10210U. The Core i5-10400F 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.