Intel Core i5-7600 vs Intel Core i3-10100F

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 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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Intel Core i3-10100F

Price

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$ 435.00

$ 100.00

$ 335.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2712 points

3491 points

28% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5048 points

5569 points

10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2059 points

2875 points

39% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1975 points

2761 points

39% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

51.82 points

76.92 points

48% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3774 points

4424 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1343 points

1401 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3832 points

4497 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1390 points

1449 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

3.6 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.3 GHz

4% 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

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

128 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

585th of 1,089

483rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5

10th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2020 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-7600 vs Core i3-10100F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-10100F beats the Core i5-7600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7600 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-10100F has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-10100F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7600. Also, the Core i3-10100F 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.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-7600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.