Intel Core i5-10400 vs Intel Core i3-10105F

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i3 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 171.08
$ 126.17
$ 44.91 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4799 points
33% slightly better overall score
3607 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6712 points
16% slightly better gaming score
5758 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4192 points
41% slightly better multitasking score
2966 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4056 points
42% slightly better heavy workload score
2847 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4753 points
45% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
3270 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

113.95 points
54% significantly higher Blender score
73.54 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5556 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4584 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1451 points
1481 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3.7 GHz
27% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.4 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

367th of 1,089
474th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
10th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2021 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-10400 vs Core i3-10105F benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-10400 is faster than the Core i3-10105F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-10105F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-10400 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-10105F. Indeed, the Core i5-10400 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-10105F. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10105F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-10105F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10400. Also, the Core i3-10105F 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.

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 i5-10400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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