Intel Core i5-10500T vs Intel Core i3-10100F

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

$ 99.99
$ 0.01 slightly less expensive
$ 100.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3986 points
14% slightly better overall score
3491 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5707 points
2% slightly better gaming score
5569 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3461 points
20% slightly better multitasking score
2875 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3351 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score
2761 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

80.54 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
76.92 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4686 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4497 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1285 points
1449 points
12% 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

2.3 GHz
3.6 GHz
56% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
4.3 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
85% significantly lower TDP
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

437th of 1,089
483rd 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
2020 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-2666

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-10500T vs Core i3-10100F comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-10500T is faster than the Core i3-10100F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-10100F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-10500T has significantly more cores than the Core i3-10100F. Indeed, the Core i5-10500T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-10100F. It also has more threads than the Core i3-10100F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-10100F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10500T. Also, the Core i3-10100F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10500T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-10100F CPU because of its significantly 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 i5-10500T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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