Intel Core i5-10400F vs Intel Core i5-3570

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core 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

$ 169.95
$ 20.27 slightly less expensive
$ 190.22

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4847 points
123% significantly better overall score
2165 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6648 points
66% significantly better gaming score
3984 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4269 points
158% significantly better multitasking score
1654 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4133 points
160% significantly better heavy workload score
1587 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4768 points
68% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2830 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.48 points
248% significantly higher Blender score
31.99 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5783 points
200% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1923 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1414 points
115% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
657 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5782 points
200% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1926 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1454 points
121% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
656 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3.4 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
18% slightly lower TDP
77 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

359th of 1,089
690th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-10400F vs Core i5-3570 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-10400F beats the Core i5-3570 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3570 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-10400F has significantly more cores than the Core i5-3570. Indeed, the Core i5-10400F has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-3570. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3570. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3570 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10400F. Despite this, the Core i5-10400F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10400F CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-3570 CPU because of its slightly 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 i5-10400F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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