Intel Core i5-10400F vs Intel Core i3-530

Core i5-10400F vs Core i3-530 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-10400F beats the Core i3-530 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-530 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-10400F has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i3-530 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-530. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-530 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10400F. A Core i5-10400F CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-530 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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